Quotes by Italian Authors | Beyond Motive 10/32

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Quotes by Italian Authors

"Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand."

"Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand."

Alberto Moravia, Italian Novelist

Writer, Composers, Trying, Writers

15

"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic."

"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Life, Love, Enjoyment, Pain

15

"Russia knows of the vulnerability of her frontiers in this part of the world."

"Russia knows of the vulnerability of her frontiers in this part of the world."

Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant

Russia, Vulnerability, World

15

"I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born."

"I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born."

Hugo Pratt, Italian Cartoonist

People, Memories

15

"You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!"

"You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!"

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Audience, Day, Press, Public, Waiting

15

"Then Christ shall be clothed with all the beauty of the elect as if with a long tunic variously adorned, in which He shall shine as if covered with all manner of precious stones."

"Then Christ shall be clothed with all the beauty of the elect as if with a long tunic variously adorned, in which He shall shine as if covered with all manner of precious stones."

Saint Sequoyah, Italian Saint

15

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

15

"Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion."

"Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Action, Actions, Liberty, Man, Passion

15

"The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that."

"The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Ethnic Relations, Independence, Will

15

"If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought."

"If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Cause, Present, World

15

"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."

"That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

Evil, Goodness, Man

15

"Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more."

"Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more."

Loris Malaguzzi, Italian Educator

Creativity, Children, Help, Mountains

15

"German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture."

"German is more familiar now since I live part of the year in Rome and part in the German part of Switzerland. But it's not difficult to sing in German; it's difficult to feel in German. This takes time. It's a culture."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Time, Culture, Now, Rome

15

"Wonder is the desire for knowledge."

"Wonder is the desire for knowledge."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Knowledge, Desire, Wonder

15

"Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone."

"Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone."

Franco Nero, Italian Actor

Love, Now, Years

15

"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."

"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Thought, Poison

15

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep."

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Productivity, Day, Sleep

15

"Power wears out those who don't have it."

"Power wears out those who don't have it."

Giulio Andreotti, Italian Politician

15

"If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed."

"If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Conscience, Man, Order

15

"The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen."

"The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen."

Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Clergyman

Fishermen, Force, Glory, Poor

15

"God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man."

"God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

15

"I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms."

"I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

15

"But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty."

"But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Negative, Exercise, Liberty, Poets

15

"The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation."

"The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Rights, Nation, Obstacles, Theory

15

"Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion."

"Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Family, Mother, Abortion, Pity

15

"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Fact, Fool, Man, Witty

15

"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me."

"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

People, Horses, Passion

15

"In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury."

"In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Time, God, Action, Injury

15

"I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages."

"I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Actor, Countries, Now, Years

15

"The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."

"The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Civilization, Values, Culture, Principles

15

"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

15

"I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important."

"I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion or the magician, but the clown is the most important."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Thought, Learning

15

"But You never reject a repentant and humble heart."

"But You never reject a repentant and humble heart."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

15

"I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds."

"I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds."

Ennio Morricone, Italian Composer

15

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

15

"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

15

"The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists."

"The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists."

Ignazio Silone, Italian Author

15

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Living, Paris, Songs

15

"Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble."

"Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble."

Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist

15

"Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world."

"Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Music, Creation, Echo, Voice

15

"The farewell between Hitler and Mussolini at the station was very affectionate. Both men were moved."

"The farewell between Hitler and Mussolini at the station was very affectionate. Both men were moved."

Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Politician

15

"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear."

"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Love, Men, Fear

15

"I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome."

"I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Music, Rome, School

15

"Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."

"Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence."

Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist

Daughter, Deep, Silence, Vengeance

15

"All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography."

"All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Art, Autobiography

15

"If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland."

"If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

Church, Fighting, Holiness, Service

15

"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

"In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Attention, Fact, Now, Trying

15

"It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me."

"It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Work, Performance, Building, Collaboration

15

"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

"I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Death, End, Now

15

"Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow."

"Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

Hope, Flowers, Tomorrow

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