Ugo Betti

Ugo Betti
Ugo Bettiwas an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth4 February 1892
CountryItaly
eyes given open
At a given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, for all eternity, what was there? Nothing.
who-cares mark left-behind
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
acceptance certain
There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
eye vision moments
At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.
guilt kind shame
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.
confused mean unique
When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.
ideas people obsession
Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
names mad giving
All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.
death ideas forever
Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.
honest burial
Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.
firsts accepted duty
Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.
justice innocent responsible
It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.
marriage men long
A long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison.
doctors police vague
A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.