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Va' dove ti porta il cuore

by Susanna Tamaro

bookshelves: female-writers, italian-writers, currently-reading

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Le tigri di Mompracem

by Emilio Salgari

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Feb 06, 2026 04:08PM

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I misteri della Giungla Nera

by Emilio Salgari

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“Il principale fondamento della moralità dell'individuo e di un popolo e la stima costante e profonda che esso ha di sé e la cura che ha a conservarsela, la sensibilità sul proprio onore. Un uomo senza amor proprio non può essere giusto, onesto e virtuoso.”
― Simonetta Agnello Hornby, La monaca

tags: amor-proprio, moralità, popolo

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“Una società coesa non può durare se gli uomini sono occupati a deridersi a vicenda e a manifestarsi continuamente reciproco disprezzo”
― Simonetta Agnello Hornby, La monaca

tags: derisione, disprezzo, società

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“In the mornings I always think the mornings are best; but when evening comes I think it's lovelier still”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Collection

tags: evening, morning

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“That is one of the advantagers of being thirteen. You know so much more than you did when you were only twelve”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: birthday, growing-up

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“Ho fatto molti stupidi errori, - mi disse, - se ne fanno nella vita. I veri acciacchi dell'età sono i rimorsi.”
― Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfire

tags: cesare-pavese, errori, età, la-luna-e-i-falò, rimorso, vita

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