Italian Exiles

Famous quotes containing the words italian and/or exiles:

    The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
    Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)