Giovanni Papini Quote

Every man pays for his greatness with many smallnesses, his victory with many defeats, his wealth with multiple bankruptcies.

Destiny does not reign without the secret complicity of instinct and will.

Giovanni Papini

I want to know everything. And I always find myself as before, as sad as life and as resigned as wisdom.

Giovanni Papini

Love is like a fire, if it is not communicated, it goes out.

Giovanni Papini

There are those who have the desire to love, but not the ability to love.

Giovanni Papini

If it is true that in every friend there is a potential enemy. Why can't it be that every enemy hides a friend who waits for their time?

Giovanni Papini

When I was young, I almost always read to learn; today, sometimes, I read to forget.

Giovanni Papini

If any man, even a vulgar one, knew how to narrate his own life, he would write one of the greatest novels ever written.

Giovanni Papini

I fear only one enemy who is called, myself.

Giovanni Papini

Excessive good health is disturbing, for its neighbor, illness, is always ready to bring it down.

Giovanni Papini

Weapons are instruments for killing and Governments allow people to manufacture and buy them, knowing perfectly well that a revolver can be used in no way other than to kill someone.

Giovanni Papini

Every man lives only for what he hopes.

Giovanni Papini