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Famous Giacomo Leopardi Quotes
“Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them.”
“If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.”
“Man is almost always as wicked as his needs require.”
Source: Essays, Dialogues, and Thoughts (Operette Morali and Pensieri) of Giacomo Leopardi
“Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.”
Source: Zibaldone
“In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.”
Source: Leopardi: Poems and Prose
Source: Leopardi: Poems and Prose
Source: Poems and prose