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When a nice quote comes to mind, I always attribute it to Montesquieu, or to La Rochefoucauld. They've never complained.

— Indro Montanelli

Quando mi viene in mente un bell'aforisma, lo metto in conto a Montesquieu, od a La Rochefoucauld. Non si sono mai lamentati.

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Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

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