Inspirational Quotes by Giacomo Leopardi (Italian Poet)

Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.
—Giacomo Leopardi

I get up and I bless the light thin clouds and the first twittering of birds, and the breathing air and smiling face of the hills.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Gratitude

People are ridiculous only when they fly or seem to be that which they are not.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Aptness, Appropriateness

Children find everything in nothing, men find nothing in everything.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: One liners, Children

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Tolerance

It’s not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them and our desire to act as if they did not exist.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Awareness, Self-Knowledge

The end of pain we take as happiness.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Blessings

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Courage

In all climates, under all skies, man’s happiness is always somewhere else.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Reality, Opportunities

You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain.
—Giacomo Leopardi
Topics: Blessings

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