Quotes by italian authors

The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true. Valentino Rossi

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. Giotto di Bondone

Friendship World Nights Lights Sincere Ship Friends

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. Thomas Aquinas

Man Three Believe Ought He Know Salvation Things Necessary Desire

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante Alighieri

Knowledge You Made Live Consider Virtue Follow Were Your Origins

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner. Sophia Loren

Food You Eaten Cleaner Like Most Spaghetti Successfully Inhale Vacuum

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul. Maria Montessori

Soul Joy Value Feeling Own Enormous Others Factors Human Being Loved Capable Production Useful Human Soul Appreciated

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins. Thomas Aquinas

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation. Maria Montessori

Man Age Feeling Independent Finds Oneself Greatest Revelation Surprising Being Notice Even Satisfaction Sufficient Earliest

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. Niccolo Machiavelli

Power Must Obeyed He Wishes Know How Command Who

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Thomas Aquinas

Better Shine Others Deliver Merely Contemplate Contemplated Than Truths Illuminate

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. Galileo Galilei

Must Step Fail Where Senses Us Reason

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. Leonardo da Vinci

Time Will Long Enough Stays Anyone Use Who

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Leonardo da Vinci

Work Art Engineering Foot Masterpiece Human

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance. Benito Mussolini

Guidance Strong No Friends Become Moral Feel Look Lean Friends Whom

From a little spark may burst a flame. Dante Alighieri

Flame May Burst Little Spark

Every morning, we choose between milk or tea or coffee. Usually, I know what I like, but I don't rule out changing my idea sometimes. The editing process is one of the most important parts in everyday life. The same is with my work: mistakes are part of the decision-making process. Maurizio Cattelan

Life Work Morning Editing Sometimes Coffee Everyday Life Important Mistakes Tea Every Changing Everyday Rule Out Part Idea Between Like Know Most Parts Important Parts Same The Most Important Process Decision-Making Decision-Making Process Choose Milk

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. Niccolo Machiavelli

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence. Christopher Columbus

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. Niccolo Machiavelli

Religion Country Sign See Rites Contempt Surer Than Decay Held

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose

Love God Good Youth Fear Honor Parents Humility Despise Ought Give Purity He Forbearance His Years Subject Elders Modesty Should Youthful Ornament Preserve

Wonder is the desire for knowledge. Thomas Aquinas

Knowledge Wonder Desire