If every man’s internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?
—Metastasio
Topics: Opportunities, Kindness, Reality
If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy, would appear to be objects of pity?
—Metastasio
Topics: Grief
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
—Metastasio
Topics: Trying, Success, Risk
High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
—Metastasio
Topics: Ancestors, Ancestry
He who despairs wants love and faith, for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other.
—Metastasio
Topics: Despair
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- Sophia Loren Italian Actor
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- Michelangelo Italian Painter
- Benito Mussolini Italian Head of State
- Thomas Aquinas Italian Catholic Priest
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