To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
- Vittorio Alfieri
To Err Is Human, Err, Contrition
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Punishment, Crime, Does, Consist
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Broken, Need, Laws, Tremble
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Liars, Always, Most, Swear
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Happiness, Man, Crime, Heaven
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Silence, Deep, Vengeance, Daughter
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Courage, Die, Often, Test
Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
- Vittorio Alfieri
Die, Rather, Than, Test
A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
- Vittorio Alfieri
World, Always, Whole
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