Poetry is a whim of Nature in her lighter moods; it requires nothing but its own madness and, lacking that, it becomes a soundless cymbal, a belfry without a bell.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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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