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Vittorio Alfieri

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


— Vittorio Alfieri


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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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


— Vittorio Alfieri


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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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Liars are always most disposed to swear.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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First thoughts are not always the best.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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


— Vittorio Alfieri


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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.


— Vittorio Alfieri


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The affair became a widely publicised scandal and ended in a divorce that ruined Lady Ligonier and forced Alfieri to leave the country.  . In this degradation of tragic taste the appearance of the tragedies of Alfieri was perhaps the most important literary event that had occurred in Italy during the 18th century.

Count Vittorio Alfieri (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔrjo alˈfjɛri]; 16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist and poet considered the "founder of Italian tragedy.

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