Quotes by Alessandro Manzoni

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Poetry and literature in general must propose as a useful end, truth as subject, and the interesting as means.

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If you want to be a poet, you must first feel sincere feelings; then, at length, to study the expression; your hand, then, must be as pure as your spirit... Be no one's slave... Never betray the Holy Truth!... never be prevenient with vices, nor with irony towards virtues.