Citations by Giacomo Leopardi

Poet, philosopher, writer, philologist and linguist, born tuesday june 19, 1798 in Recanati (Italy), died wednesday june 14, 1837 in Naples (Italy)
You can find this author also in Poems.

When newly, in the bottom of a heart, a loving affection is born, with it both languid and tired in one's breast a desire of death is felt: how I know not, but of true and powerful love this is the first effect.
Giacomo Leopardi
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