Pietro Metastasio Quotes
It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.
Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.
Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.
The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.
Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.
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.
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 every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?
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.
How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons
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
If every man's internal care Were written on his brow How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?