- "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live."
- "Liars are always ready to take oaths."
- "Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble."
- "Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime."
- "To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked."
- "A usurper always distrusts the whole world."
- "Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."
- "Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime."
- "First thoughts are not always the best."
- "The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot."
- "Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble."
Vittorio Alfieri Quotes
By Esther Lombardi, About.com
Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian writer: dramatist and poet. He was one of the leading literary and patriotic figures of modern Italian history. Take a look at a few quotes.
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