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
If every man’s internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?
—Metastasio
Topics: Kindness, Opportunities, 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: Risk, Success, Trying
High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
—Metastasio
Topics: Ancestors, Ancestry
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- Michelangelo Italian Painter
- Benito Mussolini Italian Head of State
- Thomas Aquinas Italian Catholic Priest
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