Italian
Poet
Italian Poet
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.