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Quotation from The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini
“ALL men of whatsoever quality they be, who have done anything of excellence, or which may properly resemble excellence, ought, if they are persons of truth and honesty, to describe their life with their own hand”
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book I, Chapter I, trans. John Addington Symonds
The opening sentence, in which Cellini claims the right to tell his own story after the age of forty.
Citation: "ALL men of whatsoever quality they be, who have done anything of excellence, or which may properly resemble excellence, ought, if they are persons of truth and honesty, to describe their life with their own hand" — Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book I, Chapter I, trans. John Addington Symonds. (id autobiography-of-benvenuto-cellini-q1)
Portrait: Cellini, Benvenuto ÖNB, Giovanni Carlone (engraving), Public domain.
