| Biography | Author’s Book |
| Name: Pietro Aretino | Find on Amazon India: Link |
| Nationality: Italian | Find on Amazon: Link |
| Profession: Poet | |
| Born: 20-Apr-1492 | |
| Death: 21-Oct-1556 |
I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
