Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy. - Elizabeth Bowen

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I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

Elizabeth Bowen

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

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We are minor in everything but our passions.

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we can surmount the anger we feel. To find oneself like a young tree inside a tomb is to discover the power to crack the tomb and grow up to any height.

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