Quotes from Vittorio Alfieri

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

That blood which thou hast spill'd, should join you closely in an eternal bond.

I am here a stranger to all feasts but those of blood.

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled.

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

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

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.