To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes
the virtuous from the wicked.
[It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono
Scerne il dolor del fallo.]
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[It., Spesso e da forte,
Piu ... VITTORIO ALFIERI Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. VITTORIO ALFIERI Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. VITTORIO ALFIERI A usurper always distrusts the whole world. VITTORIO ALFIERI To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. VITTORIO ALFIERI Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. VITTORIO ALFIERI Liars are always most disposed to swear. VITTORIO ALFIERI A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.] VITTORIO ALFIERI I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais p... VITTORIO ALFIERI Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch... VITTORIO ALFIERI Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain. VITTORIO ALFIERI First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.] VITTORIO ALFIERI For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa... VITTORIO ALFIERI Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Trema... VITTORIO ALFIERI The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
... VITTORIO ALFIERI Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delit... VITTORIO ALFIERI Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
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what you are expected to give--whic... VITTORIO ALFIERI Liars are always most disposed to swear.
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