Pietro Metastasio quotes
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“Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.”
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“If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pieta!].”
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“How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons”
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“Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding cries, that scream so close to me,--why do I listen to you now, and never heard you before?”
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“Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.”
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“The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.”
-- Pietro MetastasioSource : "Giuseppe Riconosciuto". Part I, 1733.
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“The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.”
-- Pietro MetastasioSource : "Morte d' Abele". Part I, 1732.
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“High birth is an accident, not a virtue.”
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“An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.”
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“If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?”
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“Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.”
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