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Pietro Aretino
(1492 - 1556)Italian author and poet.
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Pietro Aretino Quotes and Quotations
Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind, and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.