Affection Quote by Donna Leon Download Open image “Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.” — Donna Leon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affection Cities Feels Italian Love Loyalty States
“Italy has been a single, united country only since 1870. For many centuries before this, it was a collection of independent “city states.” Each city state was based on a main city, such as Venice, Florence, or Milan, and had its own customs and language. Even today, many people think of themselves first and foremost as Venetians (from Venice), or… — Marilyn Tolhurst Copy Share
“ Today’s Italians Many Italians are naturally expressive and affectionate people. They tend to talk easily and rapidly, making descriptive gestures. They are generally… — Marilyn Tolhurst Copy Share Image
“Italy still has a provincial sophistication that comes from its long history as a collection of city states. That, combined with a hot climate, means that the Italians occupy their streets and squares with much greater ease than the English. The resultant street life is very rich, even in small towns like Arezzo and Gaiole, fertile ground for the peeping… — Roger Allam Copy Share
The Italians are not passionate: passion has deep reserves. They are easily moved, and often affectionate, but they rarely have any abiding passion of… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“With Italy made, we must now make the Italians.” That’s what one Italian political leader said after the unification of Italy. A century and… — Jean F. Blashfield Copy Share Image
Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Whether by theft or by artistry or by conquest, when it comes to time, Venetians are the world's greatest experts. They bested time like… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I would like people to feel that they've understood something more about Siena than the usual Palio as seen by tourists. It is full… — Cosima Spender Copy Share Image
From Roman times to the present, Italy has been a country to fall in love with - a tribute to all that is enduring,… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Italy is a hot country. Wherever you feel heat, your excitement and passion come out. We're hot-blooded, and where there's passion there's love, but… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with diffiulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A lost love. Deny it who will, ridicule it, treat it as mere imagination and sentiment, the thing is and will be; and women… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot… — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillness past again, And left a want unknown before; Although the… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
