"Bologna la grassa, Firenze la bella, Genova la superba, Lucca l’industriosa, Mantua la gloriosa, Milano la grande, Pa…"

"Bologna the rich (or fat), Florence the beautiful, Genoa the superb, Lucca the busy, Mantua the glorious, Milan the g…"

"For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me aro…"

"Italians said: 'You're Greater than the Cassius of old'. We like your name, we like your game, So make Rome your home…"

"If maps were shaded like balance sheets, the bottom part of mainland Europe would be deepest red. Italy, Spain and Po…"

"Six o'clock already; I was just in the middle of a dream. I was kissing Valentino, by a crystal-blue Italian stream."

"Speaking of normal visiting hours, Italy doesn't have any, as far as we can tell. Nothing is ever open when it's supp…"

"Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais) "Open my heart and you wil…"

"Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy."

"Sum pius Aeneas, raptos qui ex hoste Penates classe veho mecum, fama super aethera notus. Italiam quaero patriam et g…"