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About Pietro Aretino

Pietro Aretino was Italian 16th century italian author and blackmailer. Pietro Aretino was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics. He was one of the most influential writers of his time and an outspoken critic of the powerful. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Friendship — Celebrating the bonds of loyalty, trust, and companionship

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“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.”
— Pietro Aretino
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“I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.”
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“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.”
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“Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.”
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“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.”
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“I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.”
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