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Book: The Sicilian
Quotes of Book: The Sicilian

Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
Tell the truth, all Sicilians prefer smelling the shit of their villages to the best perfumes in Paris. What am I doing here? I could have escaped to Brazil like some others. Ah, we love where we are born, we Sicilians, but Sicily does not love us.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
It was not intelligent to damage the ego of a young boy. You can, with some impunity, insult an older man who has already been humiliated by life itself and will not take to heart the small slights of another human being. But a young man thinks these offences mortal.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
My dear Guiliano," he said, "how is it that you and Don Croce do not join together to rule Sicily? He has the wisdom of age, you have the idealism of youth.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
A man's first duty is to keep himself alive. Then comes what everyone calls honor.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
...what is written on paper affects history. But not life. Life is a different history.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
When we are children, when we are young, it is natural to love our friends, to be generous to them, to forgive their faults.. But as we grow old and have to earn our bread, friendship does not endure so easily. We must always be on our guard. Our elders no longer look after us, we are no longer content with those simple pleasures of children. Pride grows in us – we wish to become great or powerful or rich, or simply to guard ourself against misfortune.
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Mario Puzo _ The Sicilian
Life is Beautiful
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