Quotes by Pietro Metastasio

“The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.”

“If every man's internal care Were written on his brow How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?”

“If every man's internal care Were written on his brow How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?”

“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.”