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1 " I assert that the art of sculpture, among all the arts connected with design, is at least seven times greater than any other, for the following reason: why, sir, a statue of true sculpture ought to have seven points of view, which ought all to boast equal excellence. "
― Benvenuto Cellini , The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
2 " When the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs. "
― Benvenuto Cellini
3 " Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet. "
4 " My lords, for more than half an hour you've not stopped questioning me about some fantastic story or other; one could in fact say that you're babbling, or rambling. By babbling, I mean, that you're talking nonsense; by rambling, that you're saying nothing at all. "
5 " My answer to this was that the purest-bred cats made better mousers when they were fat than when they were starving; and in the same way honest craftsmen did much better work when they had plenty to live on. "
6 " God only sends us evil to do us good. "
7 " Little beginnings sometimes have great endings. "
8 " My cruel fate hath warr'd with me in vainLife, glory, worth, and all unmeasur'd skillBeauty and grace, themselves in me fulfillThat many I surpass, and to the best attain. "
9 " I flung off in a passion, telling him that I would soon show him that I spoke truth. The bystanders openly declared against him, holding him for a lout, as indeed he was, and me for a man, as I had proved myself. "
10 " Sananlaskussa sanotaan, että vahingosta viisastuu, mutta se ei pidä paikkaansa, sillä kaikki, mitä tapahtuu, uusiintuu seuraavalla kerralla aivan eri lailla eikä ollenkaan, niin kuin sitä kuvittelee. "
