VITTORIO ALFIERI QUOTES II

Italian dramatist & poet (1749-1803)

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

VITTORIO ALFIERI

Agamemnon

Tags: necessity


Liars are always most disposed to swear.

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Virginia

Tags: lying


In all thy words I hear the voice of truth: but in my darken'd breast the flash of reason shines so transiently, leaving no track behind it, that I tremble.

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Agamemnon

Tags: reason


A conquering king will banish from his breast hatred towards one whom he no longer fears.

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Agamemnon

Tags: kings


Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

VITTORIO ALFIERI

La Congiura de' Pazzi

Tags: vengeance, silence