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Famous Giovanni Ruffini Quotes
Source: Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy
“Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past.”
Source: Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].
“More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment.”
Source: Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].
Source: Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy
“Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.”
Source: Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].
“The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.”
“Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.”
“If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.”
Source: Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy
“Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.”
Source: Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].