18 Quotes by Giovannino Guareschi

  • Author Giovannino Guareschi
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    Il Destino, che è un regista alla ricerca di facili effetti, piuttosto di sacrificare una battuta sicura, preferisce sacrificare la logica degli eventi. Per questo il nostro pianeta è squinternato ma divertente.

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  • Author Giovannino Guareschi
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    <<"Nella vita" mi disse tornando a leggere il giornale "il valore della gente non lo si misura né con la stadera né col metro">>.

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    When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn’t behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

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    The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it’s chiseled in bronze.

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    No, Don Camillo; you didn’t exactly steal it. Peppone had two cigars in his pocket. Peppone is a Communist. He believes in sharing things. By skillfully relieving him of one cigar, you only took your fair share.

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    You can’t expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

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