Giovanni Ruffini Quotes & Sayings

All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses. — Giovanni Ruffini

Stories first heard at mothers knee are never wholly forgotten. — Giovanni Ruffini

Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of its shade. So it is with despotism. — Giovanni Ruffini

Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. — Giovanni Ruffini

Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past. — Giovanni Ruffini

A teacher is like a candle that lights others by consuming itself. — Giovanni Ruffini

The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study. — Giovanni Ruffini

Husband and wife,
so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together! — Giovanni Ruffini

Offended self-love never forgives. — Giovanni Ruffini

Beauty is an exquisite flower, and its perfume is virtue. — Giovanni Ruffini

More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment. — Giovanni Ruffini

Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. — Giovanni Ruffini

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains. — Giovanni Ruffini

If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. — Giovanni Ruffini

A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it. — Giovanni Ruffini

Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came. — Giovanni Ruffini