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Quotes from Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian — Leon Battista Alberti

1404–1472 Italy

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Nothing overshadows truth more completely than authority.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

We should respect the gifts that nature gives us, and seek to add to them by industry, study and practice.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Even sensible people, when they attempt to penetrate the secrets of the Divinity, become as little children.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

The glory of having deserved great honour is the recompense of a great soul.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

It is necessary to know the strong and the weak points of one's adversary, before coming to close quarters with him.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

Envy is punished by envy itself.

Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian (1904)

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