Your virtue may raise you above the glory of being king. The sort of honour that goes down to our children with real lustre is derived from our deeds and qualities, not from power or titles. For myself, I do not wish to be the wife of a king, but of a general who can make himself superior to the greatest king, not only by courage, but by magnanimity, and superiority to any less elevated motive than duty
Italian poet and noble
Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 – 25 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet.
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Alternative Names:
Marchesa di Pescara Vittoria Colonna
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Vittoria, Marchesa di Pescara Colonna
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Vittoria Colonna Enriquez
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V. Colonna
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Victoria Colonna Marchesa de Pescara
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