First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
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Liars are always ready to take oaths.
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
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Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
Piu ...
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Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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Liars are always most disposed to swear.
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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]
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I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais p...
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[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch...
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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
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For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa...
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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Trema...
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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
...
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Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delit...
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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's
what you are expected to give--whic...
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Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
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First thoughts are not always the best.
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
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CONTE VITTORIO ALFIERI Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
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Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
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