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# Giovannino Guareschi

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Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo.

##  Quotes by Giovannino Guareschi

> [You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovannino-guareschi/you-can-t-expect-that-after-a-poor-fellow-has-written-a-book-he/)

Giovannino Guareschi

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovannino-guareschi/no-don-camillo-you-didn-t-exactly-steal-it-peppone-had-two-cigars-in/)

Giovannino Guareschi

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/giovannino-guareschi-69440_believe_no-don-camillo-you-didn-t-exactly-steal_1060853.jpg)

> [The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovannino-guareschi/the-man-who-offers-an-insult-writes-it-in-sand-but-for-the-man-who/)

Giovannino Guareschi

[Bronze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bronze/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/giovannino-guareschi-69440_bronze_the-man-who-offers-an-insult-writes-it-i_1540134.png)

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