Metastasio Quote

To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.


La Clemenza di Tito (1734)


To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.

To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.

To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.

To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.