Carlo Goldoni quotes
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“A wise traveller never despises his own country.”
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“The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.”
-- Carlo GoldoniSource : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, I. 14, 1750.
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“Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.”
-- Carlo GoldoniSource : "La Villeggiatura", I, 12, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 182-83, 1922.
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“He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]”
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“Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. [It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.]”
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“He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.”
-- Carlo GoldoniSource : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, I. 14, 1750.
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“He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.”
-- Carlo GoldoniSource : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, 1750.
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“Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.”
-- Carlo Goldoni -
“The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.”
-- Carlo Goldoni -
“A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]”
-- Carlo Goldoni
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