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Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world. Italo Calvino
Me World Country Important Own Translation Would Would-Be Borders My Own He Ally Most Without Limited Translator
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. Leonardo da Vinci
Memory Intelligence Argument He His Authority Just Anyone Who Appealing Using
He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. Leonardo da Vinci
Day Will Year Rich He Wishes Hanged Who
When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself. Luigi Pirandello
Love You Yourself Humanity Satisfied Say Well
Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life. Maria Montessori
Happiness Life Health Youth Natural Long Beauty Natural Beauty Related Worship Long Life Self-Control Renewed Personal Bringing
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. Maria Montessori
Work Education Politics War Peace Lasting Lasting Peace Out Establishing Us Keep
If the ways of the Almighty are not humanly logical, it is not the fault of the Almighty but of the limitations of human logic. Maria Montessori
Fault Logical Ways Logic Almighty Limitations Human
Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else. Monica Bellucci
Time Woman Valuable Power Everybody Everybody Else Else Mood Weapon Admiration Wearing Kit Most Person Lipstick Same Same Time Transform Appearance
The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting. Monica Bellucci
Alone Relationship Woman Free Single Scary Also Does Very Being Being Alone Interesting Mean Means
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed. Niccolo Machiavelli
Destroyed Unarmed About Prophets Armed Been Victorious Hence
We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. Persius
Fear Our About Consume Fretting Yesterdays Tomorrows
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good. Pope John XXIII
Good Power First Duty Willingly Moral Must Mainly Call Contribute Person Authority Common Common Good Therefore Each Conscience
A peaceful man does more good than a learned one. Pope John XXIII
Good Man More Learned Does Than Peaceful
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. Pope Paul VI
Older Tune Fiddler Sweeter
My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity. Roberto Benigni
Good Grateful Humanity Mother Father Gladness Because Am Very Childhood Full Farmer
When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose
Live Elsewhere Romans Rome
I like simple food, seasoned with just salt, pepper, oil and vinegar. Complicated food and complicated lives are never good. Sirio Maccioni
Good Food Complicated Simple Salt Pepper Never Like Just Oil Seasoned Lives Vinegar
I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn't and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips. Sophia Loren
You Quality Think Sexiness Something Pout Within Lips Breasts Much Really Your Thighs
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Sophia Loren
Life Mistakes Part Dues Full Full Life Pays
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. Thomas Aquinas
Happiness Good Man Will Own Virtue Secured Through Attained
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. Thomas Aquinas
Big Lover Philosopher Philosophers Philosophy Way Alike Fables Poetic Poets Myths Arises Bound Because His His Way Wonder Being Awe
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. Thomas Aquinas
Man Own Others Consider Hesitation Possession Share Without Material His Common Them Should Need
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. Thomas Aquinas
Faith You Church Unity Dissolve Our Ancient Firmly Identical Deny Hold
It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. Thomas Aquinas
God Prayer Man Will Wills Only Shall He Clear Him Himself Does Pray Stir Uplifting Far Us Lower Persuade Requires Who
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. Thomas Aquinas
Work Lie Will Excellence He Does Test Goes Artist Which Produces
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. Umberto Eco
Truth World Made Own Believe Harmless Our Though Mad Attempt Had Come Terrible Underlying Whole Enigma Interpret
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