"L’esser uomo dabbene, Mariana mia, è ’l maggior capitale del mondo."

"È meglio vestir cencio con leanza, che broccato con disonoranza."

"Tal persona, tal pasta."

"His own sanctity of life, severity of morals, and aversion to luxury made more resplendent his virtues and talents."

"Scholars have long noted that Angelico’s vision of Hell did not emerge from a vacuum. …His Hell is not the feverish g…"

"A most distinguished representative of the middle-class Liberal doctrinaires of a policy too advanced for the support…"

"How many times have I asked myself whether it was possible to tie oneself to a mass without ever having loved anyone …"

"Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner, has stated that he ‘does not rule out a military strike against Iran’. Israel…"

"Bruno Vespa was a journalist who served the First Republic completely and utterly; as the bard of the Christian Democ…"

"There is a man in Italy, w:Adriano Sofri, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder of a police commissi…"