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Pietro Metastasio Quotes


An Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, (January 3, 1698 – April 12, 1782) was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.

Here are some famous quotes by Pietro Metastasio.

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

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If every man's internal care Were written on his brow How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

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Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other