“Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other.” WantDoeLightTogetherThreeGraceDivineDespairAnd LoveShiningFaultsTerrorExcessTorchesDivine GraceHope And LoveFaith HopeFaith Hope And Love Author:Pietro Metastasio
“The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.” LooksEyeSunLook UpExcessBrightnessOrbs Author:Pietro Metastasio
“The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the more strongly it strikes its roots into the ground, acquiring strength as it loses beauty.” IfsLosesWindRootsAngryWinterStrikesSecureFirmOaksSteepFirmness Author:Pietro Metastasio
“If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?” IfsMenGriefWrittenObjectsEnvyEvery ManPityInternalsForeheads Author:Pietro Metastasio
“The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.” IfsHappensPoorShareRocksFortuneComplainingPilotsAnticipationFishermanTempest Author:Pietro Metastasio
“It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.” MeanFactsDeathSufferingEvilWorstMortalsWornWorn Out Author:Pietro Metastasio
“Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.” WaySchoolWindFortuneTempestBest School Author:Pietro Metastasio
“If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive where He dwells, confute me, if you can, and say where He is not.” IfsMayGodWishObjectsPerceiveBreasts Author:Pietro Metastasio
“It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.” HandsHeavenDangerRuinsTraitorTreasonDecree Author:Pietro Metastasio
“Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If there be a shore that dreads not the fury of the faithless billows, it is some poor and narrow inlet unknown to the winds.” IfsDoePoorRichSeaSkyWindOceanIndianShoreDreadBoastFuryGemsFaithlessVicissitudes Author:Pietro Metastasio