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Quotes by Italian Authors

"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."

"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."

"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."

Giovanni Falcone, Italian Judge

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"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father."

"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Father, Children

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"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

"When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

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"Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing."

"Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Family, Fathers, World

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"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Man, Men, Honor, Titles

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"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."

"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer."

"God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

God, Possibility, Punishment

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"There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are."

"There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Past, Profession

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"To tell the truth is revolutionary."

"To tell the truth is revolutionary."

Antonio Gramsci, Italian Politician

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"Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour."

"Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour."

Gioachino Rossini, Italian Composer

Moment, Moments

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"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together."

"A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Art, Ending, Film

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"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground."

"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Perspective, Eyes, Heaven

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"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Heart, Job

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"Nature is the art of God."

"Nature is the art of God."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Nature, Art, God

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"Where there is injury let me sow pardon."

"Where there is injury let me sow pardon."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Compassion, Injury

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"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

Galileo Galilei, Italian Scientist

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"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention."

"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

War, Authority, Cause, First

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"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

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"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

Knowledge, Virtue

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"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."

"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Faith, Truth, Learning, Ridicule

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"The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile."

"The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

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"I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage."

"I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy."

"Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Love, Fantasy, Lies

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"How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!"

"How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!"

Petrarch, Italian Poet

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"It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground."

"It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother."

"God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Love, Mother, God, Country

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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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"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Family, Father, Son, Despair, Inheritance

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"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."

"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian Director

Nature, Man, Meaning, Space

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"When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm."

"When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

Space, First, Pretty, Testing

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"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

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"I love to doubt as well as know."

"I love to doubt as well as know."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

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"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination."

"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

Goal, May, Obstacles

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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."

"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Being, Now, Reputation

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"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

"No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

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"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."

"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Reason, Suicide

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"I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics."

"I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Politics, Sacrifice, Writing, Years

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"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail."

"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

Comedy, Fraud, Socialism

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"Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy."

"Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Action, Drama, Philosophy

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"Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents."

"Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents."

Italo Calvino, Italian Journalist

Urbanism, Cities, Order, Traveling

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"Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose."

"Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Literature, Prose, Today

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"It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better."

"It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

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"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."

"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."

Christopher Columbus, Italian Explorer

Intelligence, Execution, Mathematics

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"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!"

"How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!"

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

Reflection, Solution

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"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

"Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

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"No one thinks of how much blood it costs."

"No one thinks of how much blood it costs."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

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"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

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