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Quotes from Il Gattopardo — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

1896–1957 Italy

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5 quotes

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

Il Gattopardo (1958)

The young feel sorrows much more sharply that the old; the latter are nearer the safety exit.

Il Gattopardo (1958)

A house of which one knew every room wasn't worth living in.

Il Gattopardo (1958)

What would the Senate do with me, an inexperienced legislator who lacks the faculty of self-deception, essential requisite for anyone wanting to guide others.

Il Gattopardo (1958)

We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.

Il Gattopardo (1958)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.