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Joy surfeited turns to sorrow. - [Joy] The heart does not lie. - [Heart] Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime. - [Crime] Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. [It., Non nella pena, Nel delitto e la infamia.] - Antigone (I, 3) [Crime] The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot. [It., Il reo D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce La pena spetta.] - Antigone (II, 2) [Crime] First thoughts are not always the best. [It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.] - Don Garzia (III, 1) [Thought] Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta D'alto silenzio e figlia.] - La Congiura de' Pazzi (I, 1) [Silence] Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. [It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo, Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.] - Oreste (I, 2) [Crime] Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. [It., Spesso e da forte, Piu che il morire, il vivere.] - Oreste (IV, 2) [Life] For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love. [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] - Polinice (II, 4) [Love] A usurper always distrusts the whole world. [It., Usurpator diffida Di tutti sempre.] - Polinice (III, 2) [Distrust] I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small. [Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.] - Reason for Changing his Democratic Opinions [Change] To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono Scerne il dolor del fallo.] - Rosmunda (III, 1) [Repentance] Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. [It., Ove son leggi, Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.] - Virginia (II, 1) [Law] Liars are always most disposed to swear. [It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.] - Virginia (II, 3) [Lying]
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