^ Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Alfieri". The New Student's Reference Work. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co. Read full biography of Vittorio Alfieri →
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
First thoughts are not always the best.
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
^ Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Alfieri". The New Student's Reference Work. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.