Famous quotes containing the words italian, mars and/or society:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“But in the dome of mighty Mars the red,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)