Regional Standard Italian

Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or italian:

“Where shall we look for standard English but to the words of a standard man?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“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)