Quotes of Venice - somelinesforyou

“ White swan of cities, slumbering in thy nest So wonderfully built among the reeds Of the lagoon, that fences thee and feeds, As sayeth thy old historian and thy guest! ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. ”

- Henry James

“ Prague is like a vertical Venice steps everywhere. ”

- Penelope Gilliatt

“ Wagner was a monster. He was anti-Semitic on Mondays and vegetarian on Tuesdays. On Wednesday he was in favor of annexing Newfoundland, Thursday he wanted to sink Venice and Friday he wanted to blow up the pope. ”

- Tony Palmer
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