You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze.

No, Don Camillo; you didn't exactly steal it. Peppone had two cigars in his pocket. Peppone is a Communist. He believes in sharing things. By skillfully relieving him of one cigar, you only took your fair share.