Like Water on Marble: 50 Italian Proverbs on Love, Emotion, and Human Nature
Italian culture has long celebrated love as both art and life, a force capable of shaping human character as water shapes marble. From the poetry of Petrarch and Boccaccio to the arias of opera, the intensity of human emotion has been a subject of reflection, instruction, and enjoyment. Proverbs capturing love, longing, and human nature function as distilled wisdom, guiding
