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Giacomo Leopardi was an Italian poet and philosopher, recognized for his melancholic and existentialist works. Born on June 29, 1798, in Naples, Italy, Leopardi's life was characterized by illness and a profound sense of isolation. His poetry, marked by introspection and philosophical depth, has had a lasting impact on Italian literature.

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All Men World Ifs Age Desire Evil Pleasure Greater Knows People Way Amore Childhood Despair Giving Happiness Leopardi May Nations Natura

Famous Giacomo Leopardi Quotes

“It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.”

Ifs Way Trying Desire Ridiculous Shortcomings Disadvantages Studious

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.”

Ifs Men Mankind Harsh

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.”

Ifs Men Running Difficult Talking He Man Habit Oneself Determine Vices Contrary Length Propriety

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“Of men eternally dear! happy indeed If you have breathing-space From pain: blessed all the more If death should heal you of the pain you fear!”

Ifs Pain Space Breathing Breathing Space

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most bored.”

Ifs Feelings Company Satisfied Bored Bores Best Company

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

“The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing that, through some singular exception of the universal rule, he can in some unknown and inexplicable way still make an impression on women.”

Ifs Men Way Believe May Stills Sex Opposites Universal Impression Privacy Exception Protest Old Man Inexplicable Never Stop Believing

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

“Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.”

Ifs Men Giving Sometimes Design Giving Up Persistence Resolution Persistent Undertakings

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

About the Author

Born: June 29, 1798
Died: June 14, 1837
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 76

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Zibaldone di pensieriRelated source material

Leopardi: Poems and ProseRelated source material

ZibaldoneRelated source material

CantiRelated source material

Operette Morali: Essays and Dialogues (Biblioteca Italiana)Related source material

Poems and proseRelated source material

Thoughts: And, The Broom [or The Flower of the Desert]Related source material

Essays, Dialogues, and Thoughts (Operette Morali and Pensieri) of Giacomo LeopardiRelated source material

L'infinitoRelated source material

Leopardi: Selected PoemsRelated source material

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