--- title: "4 Italy Quotes By Beppe Severgnini" description: "4 Italy quotes by Beppe Severgnini. Plus more from Beppe Severgnini and more Italy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/beppe-severgnini-30365_white-wine_first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straigh_614243.jpg" --- > [“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straight-your-italy-and-our-italia/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/beppe-severgnini-30365_white-wine_first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straigh_614243.jpg) > [“An airport in Italy is violently Italian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/an-airport-in-italy-is-violently-italian/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/beppe-severgnini-30365_quote_an-airport-in-italy-is-violently-italian_1388130.jpg) > [“Tell me the truth, Italian. You don't like it because it's strong. You like it because it's illegal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/tell-me-the-truth-italian-you-don-t-like-it-because-it-s-strong-you/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/beppe-severgnini-30365_truth_tell-me-the-truth-italian-you-don-t-like_2053171.jpg) > [“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straight-your-italy-and-our-italia-2/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/beppe-severgnini-30365_humor_first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straigh_2681713.jpg) ## Other authors on Italy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-matteo-salvini-4384.jpg) Matteo Salvini 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/matteo-salvini/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lapo-elkann-58538.jpg) Lapo Elkann 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/lapo-elkann/) - [Stefania Mattana 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/stefania-mattana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-avery-brundage-15813.jpg) Mario Monti 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/mario-monti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gino-d-acampo-5671.jpg) Gino D'Acampo 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/gino-d-acampo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frances-mayes-35358.jpg) Frances Mayes 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/frances-mayes/) - [Beppe Grillo 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/beppe-grillo/) - [Paolo Gentiloni 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/paolo-gentiloni/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matteo-renzi-65513.jpg) Matteo Renzi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/matteo-renzi/) - [Jean F. Blashfield 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/jean-f-blashfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-e-m-forster-2-1148.jpg) E.M. Forster 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/e-m-forster-2/) - [Marilyn Tolhurst 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/marilyn-tolhurst/) ## More by Beppe Severgnini > [“Italy's climate is an instigation to indulge. If we had Scottish weather in Italy, there would have been several revolutions. Instead, we lodged the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/italy-s-climate-is-an-instigation-to-indulge-if-we-had-scottish/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“A numbered seat is a right, and heaven help anyone who tries to take it away. Parking responsibly is a duty, which means it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/a-numbered-seat-is-a-right-and-heaven-help-anyone-who-tries-to-take/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“Tuscan is an unambiguous tongue that bristles with restrained violence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/tuscan-is-an-unambiguous-tongue-that-bristles-with-restrained-violence/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straight-your-italy-and-our-italia/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“An airport in Italy is violently Italian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/an-airport-in-italy-is-violently-italian/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“Orson Welles used to say that Italy was full of actors—fifty million of them—almost all good. He claimed the few bad ones were on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/orson-welles-used-to-say-that-italy-was-full-of-actors-fifty-million/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“Predete il cappuccino: dopo le dieci del mattino e' immorale (forse anche illegale). Al pomeriggio e' insolito, a meno che faccia freddo; dopo pranzo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/predete-il-cappuccino-dopo-le-dieci-del-mattino-e-immorale-forse/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“Tell me the truth, Italian. You don't like it because it's strong. You like it because it's illegal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/tell-me-the-truth-italian-you-don-t-like-it-because-it-s-strong-you/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) > [“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-severgnini/first-of-all-let-s-get-one-thing-straight-your-italy-and-our-italia-2/) [Beppe Severgnini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-severgnini/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italy/beppe-severgnini/#itemlist", "name": "4 Italy Quotes By Beppe Severgnini", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages, such as hills in the sunset, olive groves, lemon trees, white wine, and raven-haired girls. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze. It's alluring, but complicated. In Italia, you can go round and round in circles for years. 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