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Breve riflessione su un piatto di bollito

“T’amo, o pio bove; e mite un sentimento
Di vigore e di pace al cor m’infondi…”

(Giosuè Carducci – Il bove – 1872)

Il pio bove, che emana un senso quasi di sacralità, è “sua maestà il bue grasso”, celebrato in questi giorni con sontuosi bolliti misti nelle sagre di Moncalvo o di Carrù? mais 41 palavras

Poetry

Mark Twain on Truth

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

“Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. mais 100 palavras

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Volare

Solo chi osa lanciarsi nel vuoto
capisce se è in grado di volare

Only those who dare throw themselves into the void
understand if they are capable of flying… mais 21 palavras

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Sheridan and Human Frailty

Four quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (born 30 October 1751), Irish playwright and Whig Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons,
His most famous works include… mais 114 palavras

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Quel volto fra le nubi

Tra le nubi prende forma un volto
vago, un po’ pensieroso;
osserva perplesso il lago,
la vita che pulsa là sotto
e poi lentamente si dissolve… mais 9 palavras

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🎈Happy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!🎉

Natalie Anne Merchant (born on 26 October 1963)  is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet

In her beautiful song “Ophelia” (Dec 6: OPHELIA by Natalie Merchant) mais 150 palavras

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Ignorance

“It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.”

Charles Dudley Warner  (1829 – 20 October  1900) – American essayist and novelist. mais 25 palavras

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