Quotes about Italy

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Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attracti — Marsilio Ficino
The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time. — Marsilio Ficino
Eccolo!” he exclaimed.At the same moment the ground gave way, and with a cry she fell out of the wood. Light and beauty — E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist.” Philip gave a cry of personal disgust a — E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
How can you fight stupidity effectively? The answer is simple: it’s not easy. — Carl William Brown, Aforismi contro il potere e la stupidità
Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to le — Elizabeth Gilbert
In 1494, King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy. Within months, his army collapsed and fled. It was routed not by the — Carl Zimmer
Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet! — Giovannino Guareschi, The Little World of Don Camillo
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your tri — Winston S. Churchill
Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Goddammit! How does the world keep spinning with women on the planet?"Ian St. John in THE POMPEII SCROLL — Jacqueline LaTourrette
Rome was mud and smoky skies; the rank smell of the Tiber and the exotically spiced cooking fires of a hundred different — Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forest House
Rome and New York were impressive, but they knew they were. They had the beauty of a vain woman who had squeezed herself — Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
Venice, it's temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
At the Uffizi, I experienced a moment that was touching, painful, and almost embarrassing. We stopped in front of the fa — Gary Inbinder, Confessions of the Creature
History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in. — Pietros Maneos, The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
The days go by, through the brief silence of winter, when the sunshine is so still and pure, like iced wine, and the dea — D.H. Lawrence
My heart is aching for the people of Nice, Italy. I am so sad that I have no words to express my frustration. — Debasish Mridha
I was scarcely the first, nor the only current, girl of impressive derivation to be unceremoniously thrust through the i — Kelsey Brickl, Paint
Lorenzo: In such a night stood Dido with a willow in her hand upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love to come again t — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice