this guy is incredible tldr Aretino developed a reputation as an insulter so savage he eventually was able to retire with a flamboyant lifestyle simply on the sheer quantity of money that prominent figures paid him to not drag their asseshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Aretino …
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"He ended the Humanist idolatry of Latin, of correctness, and grace. Pretending to be ignorant of literature, he felt free from cramping exemplars."
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"He accepted in his writing one overruling rule: to announce spontaneously in direct and simple language his experience and criticism of life, and the needs of his wardrobe and larder."
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" . . . among the hypocritical mounds of [his] letters, some diamonds can be found." Hahahahahaha yeah it's safe to take a swing at him when he's four hundred years dead Will Durant
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"Here lies Aretino who insulted everyone but God. His only excuse: 'I never met him.'"https://twitter.com/HallowXIII/status/1253227231192678401?s=19 …
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