Ignazio Silone Quotes

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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.

Ignazio Silone

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.

Ignazio Silone

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

Ignazio Silone

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

Ignazio Silone

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.

Ignazio Silone

How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.

Ignazio Silone

An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

Ignazio Silone

Ignazio Silone

Born: May 1, 1900

Died: August 22, 1978 (aged 78)

Bio: Ignazio Silone was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician.

Known for:

Fontamara (1933)
Bread and Wine (1937)
The Abruzzo trilogy
Luca's Secret (1956)
La scuola dei dittatori (1962)

Ignazio Silone on Wikipedia

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