With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.
Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create? - Pietro Aretino
Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?
- Pietro Aretino
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. - Pietro Aretino
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken. - Pietro Aretino
A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation. - Pietro Aretino
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the … - Pietro Aretino
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the …
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. - Pietro Aretino
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. - Pietro Aretino
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown. - Pietro Aretino
Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.
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 … - Pietro Aretino
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 …
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