Alessandro Manzoni Quotes

• Music does not express any idea, but it gives rise to thousands.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Ideas, Giving, Doe

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• Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Heart, Men, Rights

  Alessandro Manzoni (1983). “The Betrothed”, p.54, Penguin UK

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• Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Heart, Doe, Littles

  Alessandro Manzoni (1962). “The Betrothed, "I Promessi Sposi": A Tale of XVII Century Milan”

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• When a friend, then, indulges in the joy unburdening a secret on to another friend's bosom, he makes the latter, in his turn, feel the urge to taste the same joy himself.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Indulge In, Joy, Secret

  Alessandro Manzoni (1962). “The Betrothed, "I Promessi Sposi": A Tale of XVII Century Milan”

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• I would really like, in fact, to be born again in another two hundred years' time.

  Alessandro Manzoni

  Years, Two, Facts

  Alessandro Manzoni (1951). “The betrothed (I promessi sposi): a tale of XVII century Milan”

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