1540 Quotes by Italian authors

Italian sayings carry the warmth of a kitchen and the gravity of a cathedral, braiding tenderness with irony. Love, beauty, and loyalty sit beside hunger, time, and fate; saints and skeptics share the same bench. From Dante to De André, voices favor clarity over ornament, quick wit over sermon, turning daily life into distilled wisdom. Coastal winds and factory smoke, dialect and high lyric, a moral compass that sways yet does not snap, and an aftertaste, espresso-bitter, sunlit, define their music.

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"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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

Giulio Andreotti, Politician

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"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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"We do not remember days, we remember moments"

Cesare Pavese, Poet

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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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"Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines"

Enzo Ferrari, Designer

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour"

Giotto di Bondone, Artist

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"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level"

Enrico Fermi, Physicist

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible"

Thomas Aquinas, Theologian

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"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

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

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"Politics have no relation to morals"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"The environment should act as an aquarium which reflects the ideas, ethics, attitudes, and culture of the people who live in it"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

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"A dimple on the chin, the devil within"

Pope Paul VI, Clergyman

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"Nature is the art of God"

Dante Alighieri, Poet

"See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little"

Pope John XXIII, Clergyman

"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost"

Dante Alighieri, Poet

"A different language is a different vision of life"

Federico Fellini, Director

"There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

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"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

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"Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do"

Thomas Aquinas, Theologian

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"He listens well who takes notes"

Dante Alighieri, Poet

"It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy"

Benito Mussolini, Politician

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"Man has no greater enemy than himself"

Petrarch, Poet

"A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment"

Greta Scacchi, Actress

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"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

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"No one thinks of how much blood it costs"

Dante Alighieri, Poet

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both"

Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer

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"Art is never finished, only abandoned"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

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"I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal"

Giovanni Morassutti, Actor

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"The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars"

Giotto di Bondone, Artist

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"The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune"

Pope Paul VI, Clergyman

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