"The Leopard" Quotes
A nobleman witnesses the decline of his aristocratic family amidst social and political changes in 19th century Italy.
crime | 330 pages | Published in 2007
Quotes
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
The pain of losing one's home is nothing compared with the pain of losing one's memory.
A wrong decision is better than indecision.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
In order to change something, you must be able to discard it.
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.
Is it better to live for a dream or to die for one?
If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted on the Sistine floor.
We were tired of the unrest and dizzy with money, ready to gamble everything for a change of luck.
I believe we must face reality even when it denies us the comfort of illusions.
