Florio is the surname of a prominent Sicilian family who started many lucrative activities involving above all the exportation of Sicilian products (such as Marsala wine) in the nineteenth century.
Read more about Florio: Florio Winery, Motor Racing
Famous quotes containing the word florio:
“England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.”
—John Florio (c. 1553–1625)
“England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses.”
—John Florio (c. 1553–1625)
“To long for that which comes not. To lie a-bed and sleep not. To serve well and please not. To have a horse that goes not. To have a man obeys not. To lie in jail and hope not. To be sick and recover not. To lose one’s way and know not. To wait at door and enter not, and to have a friend we trust not: are ten such spites as hell hath not.”
—John Florio (c. 1553–1625)