Quote by: Giacomo Leopardi

He who travels much has this advantage over others – that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they acquire the vague and poetical quality which is only given to other things by time. He who has not traveled at all has this disadvantage – that all his memories are of things present somewhere, since the places with which all his memories are concerned are present.


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Author Bio


  • NameGiacomo Leopardi
  • DescriptionItalian poet, philosopher and writer
  • BornJune 29, 1798
  • DiedJune 14, 1837
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Philosopher; Philologist
  • Works; ; ; Canti; ; ; ; ; L'Infinito; ; ; Small Moral Works; ; ; ; ; ; Zibaldone