War is to man as motherhood is to woman.

La guerra sta all'uomo, come la maternità alla donna.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

War

Speaker

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Dictator National leader Politician

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mussolini, Benito. Speech in Italy. 26 May 1934, Chamber of Deputies, Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome, Italy.

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What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Margaret Mitchell

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Topic
Decline of civilization

Author

Margaret Mitchell
Source
Gone with the Wind
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 2, ch. 9.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 9.

Another quote about War

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

Douglas MacArthur

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Topic
War
Speaker
Douglas MacArthur
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. House of Representatives. 19 Apr. 1951, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote originally in Italian

Whatever St. Augustine may say, human creatures would not perform the work of generation if they did not find pleasure in it, and if there was not in that great work an irresistible attraction for them.

Giacomo Casanova

Histoire de Ma Vie

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Topic
Sex

Author

Giacomo Casanova
Source
Histoire de Ma Vie
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Italian
Time
1791 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt [From the Memoirs of the Venetian Jacob Casanova de Seingalt]. Vol. 2, Leipzig: Brodhaus, c. 1822, ep. 8, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Simon and Schuster, 2013.