Florence Quote by Henry James Download Open image “Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.” — Henry James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Florence Inspirational Seems Violet Wine
“Florence had the Alberti fighting for freedom, but never had real Jacobins. It experienced the Viva Maria insurrections, but never really witnessed strong extremist… — Franco Cardini Copy Share Image
This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit. To see… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
Sparkling and bright in liquid light Does the wine our goblets gleam in; With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee… — Charles Fenno Hoffman Copy Share Image
It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
To the sun Rome owes its underlying glow, and its air called golden - to me, more the yellow of white wine; like wine… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
He domesticated and developed the native wild flowers. He had one hill-side solidly clad with that low-growing purple verbena which mats over the hills… — Willa Cather 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
Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze. — Ebenezer Elliott Copy Share Image
I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city. — Gabriel Batistuta Copy Share Image
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“In literature we move through a blest world in which we know nothing except by style, but in which everything is saved by it.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I shall stay here as long as I may, I don't want to think — I needn't think. I don't care for anything but… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the year, by… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I reflected acutely that the sense of such differences, such superiorities of quality, always, on the part of the majority—which could include even stupid,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air of reproducing… — Henry James Copy Share Image
If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it. — Henry James Copy Share Image
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games — Henry James Copy Share Image
“There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from some inner,… — gail carriger Copy Share Image
As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And the voices in the waves are always whispering to Florence, in their ceaseless murmuring, of love - of love, eternal and illimitable, not… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence 1500, Silicon… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city. — Gabriel Batistuta Copy Share Image
I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it's… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
“Broke your jaw once before Spilt your blood upon the floor You broke my leg in return So let's sit back and watch the… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much. — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
Florence and Milan had given him ideas more flexible than those of people who'd stayed at home. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply --… — Lilian Whiting Copy Share Image
