Florence

Quotes

• “Bologna la grassa, Firenze la bella, Genova la superba, Lucca l’industriosa, Mantua la gloriosa, Milano la grande, Padova la forte, Pavia la dotta, Veneziala gran mendica, Verona la degna.”
• “Bologna the rich (or fat), Florence the beautiful, Genoa the superb, Lucca the busy, Mantua the glorious, Milan the grand, Padua the strong, Pavia the learned, Venice the great beggar, Verona the worthy.”
• “For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes,Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise,Poetic fields encompass me around,And still I seem to tread on classic ground.”
• “If maps were shaded like balance sheets, the bottom part of mainland Europe would be deepest red. Italy, Spain and Portugal are heavily in debt. They are also Catholic countries. Their predominantly Protestant neighbours to the north, including Germany and Scandinavia, are in comparatively good shape financially. Is that simply a coincidence, or is Max Weber's theory about the Protestant ethic being intertwined with the spirit of capitalism still valid, over 100 years on?”
• “Italy, my Italy!Queen Mary's saying serves for me(When fortune's malice Lost her Calais)"Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it, 'Italy.'"”
• “Venice once was dear,The pleasant place of all festivity,The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy.”

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