Quotes by Italian Authors | Beyond Motive 12/34

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Quotes by Italian Authors

"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."

"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

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"He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone."

"He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

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"I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science."

"I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Science, Culture

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"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Life, Idea, Want

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"Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism."

"Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

History, Religion, Fascism, Will

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"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."

"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

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"You're the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this."

"You're the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this."

Franco Nero, Italian Actor

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"And tears are heard within the harp I touch."

"And tears are heard within the harp I touch."

Petrarch, Italian Poet

Strategy, Tears

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"That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell."

"That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

God, Grace, Hell, May

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"Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself."

"Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect."

"Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect."

Bruno Bettelheim, Italian Writer

Authority, May, Obedience, Punishment

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"I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between."

"I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Founding, Theatre

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"The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist."

"The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Time, Artist, First, Magic

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"When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself."

"When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

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"Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is."

"Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

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"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"My life and career is my own adventure."

"My life and career is my own adventure."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Life, Adventure, Career

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"I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?"

"I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?"

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Chaos, Confusion, Meaning, Silence

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"I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools."

"I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Intelligence, Fools, Sense, Stupidity

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"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

"My father was absent and he was a hero to me."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven."

"Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Love, Death, Heaven, Man

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"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten."

"The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Life, Lies, Memories, Richness

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"At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage."

"At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage."

Carlo Collodi, Italian Writer

Leadership, Leader

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"Death does determine life."

"Death does determine life."

Pier P. Pasolini, Italian Filmmaker

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"Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles."

"Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles."

Camillo di Cavour, Italian Statesman

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"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

Sex, People, Sex appeal

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"You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow."

"You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Illusion, May, Reality, Today

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"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

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"The things that we love tell us what we are."

"The things that we love tell us what we are."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power."

"There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Poetry, Power, Countries

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"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Intelligence, Men, First

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"With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him."

"With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Fear, Strength

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"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."

"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Beauty, Perception

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"The client is not always right."

"The client is not always right."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

Business, Right

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"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream."

"In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Love, Dream, Bed, Sleep

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"For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against."

"For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging."

"Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Encouragement, Encouraging

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"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

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"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it."

"Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it."

Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant

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"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

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"In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law."

"In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law."

Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant

Legal, Islam, Doctrine, Law

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"So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time."

"So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."

"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

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"I am open to everything."

"I am open to everything."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

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"What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love."

"What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Infinite, Past

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"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

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"I like perfume and flowers."

"I like perfume and flowers."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

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"Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow."

"Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

Art, Poetry, Word, Expression, Clarity

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