The most famous quotes from The Betrothed
The top 3 according to 27 votes from people: This marriage shall not take place, not tomorrow, not ever. · The wretched girl answered. · Carneades! Who was he?. (Updated Nov 15, 2022.)
From 'this marriage shall not take place' to 'Carneades! Who was he?' and 'the wretched girl answered': lines from Manzoni's novel that became sayings, with their chapter.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 14
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This marriage shall not take place, not tomorrow, not ever.
A henchman to Don Abbondio, chapter I.
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The wretched girl answered.
Chapter X, the Nun of Monza.
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Carneades! Who was he?
Don Abbondio, chapter VIII.
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We should think more of doing good than of being well: and so we would end up better off too.
Chapter XXXVIII.
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It's a bad thing to be born poor, my dear Renzo.
Perpetua, chapter II.
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You must tell your lawyer things clearly: it's up to us to muddle them afterwards.
Azzecca-garbugli, chapter III.
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If you know how to handle the decrees, nobody is guilty and nobody is innocent.
Azzecca-garbugli, chapter III.
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Good sense was there, but it stayed hidden, for fear of common sense.
Chapter XXXII, the plague.
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Adelante, presto, con juicio (Go ahead, quickly, with care).
Grand Chancellor Ferrer, chapter XIII.
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Words have one effect in the mouth and another in the ears.
Chapter XXXVIII.
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Hush it up, cut it short, most reverend father: cut it short, hush it up.
The Count Uncle, chapter XIX.
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It is one of the advantages of this world that you can hate and be hated without knowing each other.
Chapter IV.
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Do you want many people to help you? Try not to need them.
Chapter XXV.
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Courage is not something you can give yourself.
Don Abbondio, chapter XXV.
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