Natalia Ginzburg
Natalia Ginzburg
Natalia Ginzburg née Leviwas an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and United States...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth14 July 1916
CountryItaly
caution children contempt courage desire generosity great success taught thrift virtues
Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.
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We become adolescents when the words that adults exchange with one another become intelligible to us.