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Pietro Aretino quotes: A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.

Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

Pietro Aretino quotes: 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.

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.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Desire is poison at lunch and wormwood at dinner; your bed is a stone, friendship is hateful and your fancy is always fixed on one thing.

Desire is poison at lunch and wormwood at dinner; your bed is a stone, friendship is hateful and your fancy is always fixed on one thing.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it.

Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?

Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?

Pietro Aretino quotes: Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?

Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?

Pietro Aretino quotes: I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

Pietro Aretino quotes: If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home.

Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home.

Pietro Aretino quotes: 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 keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Pietro Aretino quotes: The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.

The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Pietro Aretino quotes: They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.

Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.

Pietro Aretino quotes: Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

Pietro Aretino quotes: The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

Pietro Aretino quotes: What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!

What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!

Pietro Aretino quotes: We are the buffoons of our children.

We are the buffoons of our children.