Venetian Republic

Famous quotes containing the words venetian and/or republic:

    “I was happy there,
    part Venetian vase,
    part Swiss watch, part Indian head.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “No republic is more real than that of letters, and I am the last in principles, as I am the least in pretensions to any dictatorship in it.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)