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Quotation from The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini
“I felt such vigour fill my veins, that all those pains of fever, all those fears of death, were quite forgotten.”
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book II, Chapter LXXVII, trans. John Addington Symonds
During the casting of the Perseus, when the curdled bronze begins to melt again after he has thrown in pewter.
Citation: "I felt such vigour fill my veins, that all those pains of fever, all those fears of death, were quite forgotten." — Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book II, Chapter LXXVII, trans. John Addington Symonds. (id autobiography-of-benvenuto-cellini-q6)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Cellini, Benvenuto ÖNB, Giovanni Carlone (engraving), Public domain.
