Pietro Aretino Quotes

Pietro Aretino — Italian Poet born on April 20, 1492, died on October 21, 1556

Pietro Aretino was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer who wielded immense influence on contemporary art and politics and invented modern literate pornography... (wikipedia)

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

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.

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.

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

Pietro Aretino Quotes

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