"First of all, a statement. I think I am a rather irregular reader, that is, not too methodical and far from a slave t…"

"During the months of the school year, my readings have what I would call essentially "professional" in character, whi…"

"The best times, those of true reading, serene and collected, disinterested and, I would almost say, carefree, [are] t…"

"The accusation that is not wrongly levelled at the Italian humanistic culture, of having alienated letters from reali…"

"Girolamo Donato, returning from Rome, where he had been ambassador to Julius II, lingered on the way to transcribe an…"

"[...] the Cavour was very different from what some liked to paint himself, such as the Brofferio, who dared to affirm…"

"The priestly robe or character, the halo of exile, the fame of eloquence, of doctrine, of austere virtue, the resurge…"

"The extraordinary qualities he possessed [Vincenzo Gioberti], explain the undiminished glory that surrounded and surr…"

"Vittorio Cian, How do I read? Question to the most famous writers of today, Felice Le Monnier, Florence, C.E.1935, pp…"

"Vittorio Cian, La coltura e l'italianità di Venezia nel Rinascimento, Ditta Nicola Zanichelli, Bologna, C.E.1905."