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I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.]
Topic: Change
Source: Reason for Changing his Democratic Opinions
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Topic: Courage
Source: None
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Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]
Topic: Crime
Source: Antigone (I, 3)
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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]
Topic: Crime
Source: Antigone (II, 2)
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]
Topic: Crime
Source: Oreste (I, 2)
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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
[It., Usurpator diffida
Di tutti sempre.]
Topic: Distrust
Source: Polinice (III, 2)
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]
Topic: Law
Source: Virginia (II, 1)
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Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
[It., Spesso e da forte,
Piu che il morire, il vivere.]
Topic: Life
Source: Oreste (IV, 2)
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For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]
Topic: Love
Source: Polinice (II, 4)
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's
what you are expected to give--which is everything.
Topic: Love
Source: Polinice (II, 4)
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Liars are always most disposed to swear.
[It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]
Topic: Lying
Source: Virginia (II, 3)
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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.]
Topic: Repentance
Source: Rosmunda (III, 1)
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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]
Topic: Silence
Source: La Congiura de' Pazzi (I, 1)
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First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]
Topic: Thought
Source: Don Garzia (III, 1)
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Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Topic: Thought
Source: Don Garzia (III, 1)
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.
Topic: Thought
Source: Don Garzia (III, 1)
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