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Pietro Aretino
Italian
Poet
About the author
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
Pietro Aretino,
Italian
Poet
If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
Pietro Aretino,
Italian
Poet
#Want
#Truth
#Neighbors
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,
Italian
Poet
#Wisdom
#Friendship
#Treasure
#Misers
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.
Pietro Aretino,
Italian
Poet
#Heart
#Mind
#Cowardice
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,
Italian
Poet
#Love
#Truth
#Hate
#Lies