Fausto Cercignani quotes

Fausto Cercignani is an Italian scholar and linguist renowned for his research on the English language, Germanic philology, and Shakespearean studies. His works have significantly contributed to the understanding of historical linguistics and phonology. He is recognized internationally for his meticulous and influential scholarship. Here are 16 of his quotes:

Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor. (Fausto Cercignani)
Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present. View quote
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It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity. View quote
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Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them. View quote
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Inner freedom demands the rejection of any imposition that injures our dignity. View quote
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When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented. View quote
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Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others. View quote
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If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present. View quote
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A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it. View quote
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Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise. View quote
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Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement. (Fausto Cercignani)
Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the sciences. View quote
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As long as his strength permits, the poor mortal must always climb new mountains. View quote
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We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own. View quote
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If you talk to the shadows, at least you know them well and the words, all of them, unfold themselves with ease on muddled walls and streets, when dusk comes on. View quote
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They do not speak of boundless skies, of passing loves like silver clouds. They speak of cheerless towns, unwound: on hazy moors of muffled music. View quote
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Fausto Cercignani

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Occupation: Italian Scholar
Born: March 21, 1941
Quotes count: 16
Wikipedia: Fausto Cercignani