#italia

Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..." "Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart, Seized him with my beautiful form That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me. Love, which pardons no beloved from loving, took me so strongly with delight in him That, as you see, it still abandons me not... ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#italy #love #medieval-literature #poetry #beauty

Dont let the bastards grind you down?" Bran looked at me incredulously. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#funny

You are the only woman I have ever made love to. ↗

— Avery Aster

#italian #love #romance #love

There is no greater sorrow Than to recall a happy time When miserable. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#italian-medieval-poetry #nostalgia #À-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu #sorrow

The Italians always made good wine, but you had the impression they were friendly guys in straw hats running family vineyards with slaves or something so that the vino was never more than ten bucks a bottle. ↗

— Joe Bob Briggs

#bottle #bucks #family #friendly #good

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#background #both #comes #explosive #father

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. ↗

— Charles V

#german #god #horse #i #italian

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#become #came #could #country #exciting

There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#being #comeback #enormous #especially #fantastic

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#italians #land #love #marvellous #more