Vittorio Alfieri

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]

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

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

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]

For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]

For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.