People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“Everything that is ended, everything that is last, naturally awakens in man a feeling of sorrow and melancholy. At the same time, it excites… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“ The Infinite It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“If you start reading some book, even a very easy one, or listen to the clearest lecture in the world, with excessive attention, and… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
