Vittorio Alfieri Quotes

“Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.”

“Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.”

“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.”

“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.”

“Often the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.”

“Society prepares the crime”

“To err is human”

“Live Life Fully & Abundantly”

“...to give a clear picture of the whole scene of Italian gastronomy.”

“Why not other elements besides fire, air, earth and water? There are four of them, just four, those foster parents of beings! What a pity! Why aren't there forty elements instead, or four hundred, or four thousand? How paltry everything is, how miserly, how wretched! Stingily given, aridly invented, heavily made!Why not other elements besides fire, air, earth and water? There are four of them, just four, those foster parents of beings! What a pity! Why aren't there forty elements instead, or four hundred, or four thousand? How paltry everything is, how miserly, how wretched! Stingily given, aridly invented, heavily made!”