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> [When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/when-we-talk-to-somebody-and-we-want-to-be-nice-or-polite-or-show-our/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

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## More by Roberto Benigni

> [When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/when-i-was-a-little-boy-i-was-reading-dante-and-i-was-saying-to/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> ['The Tiger And The Snow' is a beautiful movie. I am in love with this idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/the-tiger-and-the-snow-is-a-beautiful-movie-i-am-in-love-with-this/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/the-first-movie-i-saw-and-i-don-t-know-if-it-influenced-me-was-ben-hur/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/my-mother-brought-me-magicians-and-witches-because-i-was-very-ugly/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/only-comedians-can-talk-about-death-life-god-and-virgin-mary-if-i-was/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [I'm a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn't matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They're the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/i-m-a-storyteller-the-crux-of-the-matter-is-to-reach-beauty-poetry-it/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/i-grew-up-in-tuscany-in-a-very-poor-family-my-father-was-a-farmer-and/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [My duty is to try to reach beauty. Cinema is emotion. When you laugh you cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/my-duty-is-to-try-to-reach-beauty-cinema-is-emotion-when-you-laugh/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/what-is-more-simple-than-to-tell-to-a-little-boy-this-is-not-the/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/i-would-like-to-thank-my-parents-in-vergaio-a-little-village-in-italy/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [To laugh or cry is the most beautiful thing in the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/to-laugh-or-cry-is-the-most-beautiful-thing-in-the-world/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/i-could-have-made-a-small-film-and-kept-all-the-money-from-life-is/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [Dante Alighieri has the most glorious imagination of modern poetry. So it's talking about us, it's concerning us. Everything in it conveys sentiment, emotions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/dante-alighieri-has-the-most-glorious-imagination-of-modern-poetry-so/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [In Italy, the country where fascism was born, we have a particular relation with the Holocaust, but as a turning point in history it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/in-italy-the-country-where-fascism-was-born-we-have-a-particular/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

> [I thank my parents for the greatest gift of all: poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberto-benigni/i-thank-my-parents-for-the-greatest-gift-of-all-poverty/)

[Roberto Benigni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberto-benigni/)

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