Noble birth is an accident of fortune, noble actions characterise the great.

Carlo Goldoni · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 434

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Noble birth is an accident of fortune, noble actions characterise the great.

Carlo Goldoni · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 434

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W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 434 · attribuzione riportata: Goldoni

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This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

Carlo Goldoni · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 49