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Necessity inspires the fatal thought.
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I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
— Vittorio Alfieri
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.
— Vittorio Alfieri
The time for hope is gone, and come for fear.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.
— Vittorio Alfieri
A conquering king will banish from his breast hatred towards one whom he no longer fears.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
— Vittorio Alfieri
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
— Vittorio Alfieri
A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled.
— Vittorio Alfieri
First thoughts are not always the best.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
— Vittorio Alfieri
For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.
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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
— Vittorio Alfieri
Often the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
— Vittorio Alfieri