Vittorio Alfieri
Vittorio Alfieri
Count Vittorio Alfieriwas an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy."...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth16 January 1749
CountryItaly
punishment doe crime
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
firsts
First thoughts are not always the best.
elements original-thought virtue
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain.
friends making-friends talent
The talent of making friends is not equal to the talent of doing without them.
kings reign objects
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
inspire
Necessity inspires the fatal thought.
passion men calm
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.
kings real pride
Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which may offend his pride, are oftentimes not to a king divulged.
love hate return
For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.
change
I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
daughter silence vengeance
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
joy sorrow turns
Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.
trust world usurpers
A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
law broken needs
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.