Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretinowas an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer who wielded immense influence on contemporary art and politics and invented modern literate pornography...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 April 1492
CountryItaly
Pietro Aretino quotes about
motivational kings responsibility
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
quota renown
Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.
funny truth want
If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
should ashamed should-i
Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?
spring winter genius
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
anger pride men
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 judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.
taken men honor
A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.
spring wine winter
And there is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a beech tree.... Four dry logs have in them all the circumstance necessary to a conversation of four or five hours, with chestnuts on the plate and a jug of wine between the legs. Yes, let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
suffering contentment merit
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
eye delight should
Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?
friendship true-friend real-friends
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.
life reality glasses
Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
strong distance home
Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home.
home men want
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.