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Pietro Metastasio quotes: If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

Pietro Metastasio quotes: Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.

It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.

Pietro Metastasio quotes: If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

Pietro Metastasio quotes: How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons