Giovanni Ruffini quotes
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“The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.”
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“Stories first heard at mothers knee are never wholly forgotten.”
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“A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1857). “Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy”, p.299
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“Beauty is an exquisite flower, and its perfume is virtue.”
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“All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.159
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“Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.”
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“More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment.”
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“Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.119
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“Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of its shade. So it is with despotism.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1857). “Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy”, p.295
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“Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.144
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“If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1857). “Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy”, p.298
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“Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.”
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“The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study.”
-- Giovanni RuffiniSource : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.119
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“Husband and wife,--so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together!”
-- Giovanni Ruffini