A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Un classico è un libro che non ha mai finito di dire quel che had a dire.

Italo Calvino

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Topic

Power of literature Books

Author

Italo Calvino

Source

L'Espresso

Medium

Magazine

Language

Italian

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Calvino, Italo. "Perché leggere i classici? [Why Read the Classics?]" L'Espresso, 28 June 1981.

Current Citation

Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? Penguin Classics, 2009.

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An evil empire.

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Topic
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Speaker
Ronald Reagan
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "The Evil Empire." National Association of Evangelicals. 8 Mar. 1983, Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, FL, USA.

Another quote about Books

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

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Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

Another quote originally in Italian

When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Opening lines
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.