Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretinowas an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer who wielded immense influence on contemporary art and politics and invented modern literate pornography...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 April 1492
CountryItaly
spring winter genius
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
should ashamed should-i
Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create?
art adversity mind
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.
quota renown
Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.
funny truth want
If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
inspirational i-love-you boyfriend
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.
motivational kings responsibility
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.