Art does not imitate, but interpret. Giuseppe Mazzini More Quotes by Giuseppe Mazzini More Quotes From Giuseppe Mazzini A nation isthe universality of citizens speaking the same tongue. Giuseppe Mazzini universalitytonguecitizens Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you . . . Giuseppe Mazzini donenamescountry In ourselves, rather than in material nature, lie the true source and life of the beautiful. The human soul is the sun which diffuses light on every side, investing creation with its lovely hues, and calling forth the poetic element that lies hidden in every existing thing. Giuseppe Mazzini beautifulbeautylying Poetry is enthusiasm with wings of fire; it is the angel of high thoughts, that inspires us with the power of sacrifice. Giuseppe Mazzini sacrificeangelfire Each of us brings with him an element, more or less important, of the life of humanity to come. Giuseppe Mazzini elementsimportanthumanity Shakespeare's personages live and move as if they had just come from the hand of God, with a life that, though manifold, is one, and, though complex, is harmonious. Giuseppe Mazzini manifoldhandsmoving Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you; say to the priests that you know God better than all of them together do, and that between God and His law you have no need of any intermediary. The people will understand you, and repeat with you: We believe in God the Father, who is Intelligence and Love, Creator and Teacher of Humanity. And in this saying you and the People will conquer. Giuseppe Mazzini teacherlovecountry Good council has no price. Giuseppe Mazzini council The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance. Giuseppe Mazzini germsgeniusdiscovery Art does not imitate, but interpret. It searches out the idea lying dormant in the symbol, in order to present the symbol to men in such form as to enable them to penetrate through it to the idea. Were it otherwise, what would be the use or value of art? Giuseppe Mazzini menlyingart The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life. Giuseppe Mazzini kissingmotherchildren Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the machinery of another, can only end in an indefinite series of abortive efforts. Defeated by the utter want of proportion between the means and the end, such attempts might produce martyrs, but never lead to victory. Giuseppe Mazzini effortfaithmean The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Giuseppe Mazzini quotationsgerms The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion. Giuseppe Mazzini greatnesshumanitymen The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means association, a new philosophy of life, a divine Ideal that shall move the world, the only means of regeneration vouchsafed to the human race. Giuseppe Mazzini philosophymeanmoving Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. Giuseppe Mazzini virtuesotherhumancomplement
