Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.
Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.
Original text (Italian)
More quotes by Carlo Goldoni
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterise the great.
You may also like
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.
Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Attribution
Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Carlo Goldoni (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.