Italian Grape

Famous quotes containing the words italian and/or grape:

“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)

“Victory won’t come

to me unless I go
to it; a grape tendril
ties a knot in knots till

knotted thirty times,—”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)