Famous quotes containing the words italian, mars and/or society:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“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] (16221673)