Beppe Severgnini Quotes & Sayings

Tell me the truth, Italian. You don't like it because it's strong. You like it because it's illegal. — Beppe Severgnini

First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages, such as hills in the sunset, olive groves, lemon trees, white wine, and raven-haired girls. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze. It's alluring, but complicated. It's the kind of place that can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred meters, or in the course of ten minutes. Italy is the only workshop in the world that can turn out both Botticellis and Berlusconis. — Beppe Severgnini

Un viaggiatore americano ha scritto: "Italy is the land of human nature". — Beppe Severgnini