The Leopard

by

Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

Garibaldi was a historical figure, an Italian nationalist and accomplished general who was prominent in the Risorgimento movement. In particular, he led the Red Shirt volunteer army in the invasion and annexation of Sicily, then marched through Italy in a successful campaign to unite the Italian kingdoms into a single state. He later ceded power to Victor Emmanuel. Tancredi is a Garibaldi partisan, and many cheer Garibaldi’s arrival in Sicily, to the chagrin of the Prince and most of the nobility.

Giuseppe Garibaldi Quotes in The Leopard

The The Leopard quotes below are all either spoken by Giuseppe Garibaldi or refer to Giuseppe Garibaldi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Cultural Survival and Decline Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Prince Quotes

The lad had one of those sudden serious moods which made him so mysterious and so endearing. “Unless we ourselves take a hand now, they’ll foist a republic on us. If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. D’you understand?”

Related Characters: Tancredi Falconeri (speaker), Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra , Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 28
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Chapter 2. Donnafugata Quotes

At the bottom of the steps the authorities took their leave, and the Princess […] invited the Mayor, the Archpriest, and the notary to dine that same evening. […] And [the Prince] added, turning to the others, “And after dinner, at nine o’clock, we shall be happy to see all our friends.” For a long time Donnafugata commented on these last words. And the Prince, who had found Donnafugata unchanged, was found very much changed himself, for never before would he have issued so cordial an invitation; and from that moment, invisibly, began the decline of his prestige.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra (speaker), Don Calogero Sedàra , Princess Maria Stella, Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 62
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No laugh […] came from the Prince, on whom, one might almost say, this news had more effect than the bulletin about the landing at Marsala. That had been an event not only foreseen but also distant and invisible. Now, with his sensibility to presages and symbols, he saw revolution in that white tie and two black tails moving at this moment up the stairs of his own home. Not only was he, the Prince, no longer the major landowner in Donnafugata, but he now found himself forced to receive, when in afternoon dress himself, a guest appearing in evening clothes.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra , Don Calogero Sedàra , Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 76
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 7. Death of a Prince Quotes

It was useless to try to avoid the thought, but the last of the Salinas was really he himself, this gaunt giant now dying on a hotel balcony. For the significance of a noble family lies entirely in its traditions, that is in its vital memories; and he was the last to have any unusual memories, anything different from those of other families […] the meaning of his name would change more and more to empty pomp […] He had said that the Salinas would always remain the Salinas. He had been wrong. The last Salina was himself. That fellow Garibaldi […] had won after all.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra (speaker), Giuseppe Garibaldi, Fabrizietto Salina
Related Symbols: Leopards
Page Number: 248
Explanation and Analysis:
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Quotes in The Leopard

The The Leopard quotes below are all either spoken by Giuseppe Garibaldi or refer to Giuseppe Garibaldi. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Cultural Survival and Decline Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Prince Quotes

The lad had one of those sudden serious moods which made him so mysterious and so endearing. “Unless we ourselves take a hand now, they’ll foist a republic on us. If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. D’you understand?”

Related Characters: Tancredi Falconeri (speaker), Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra , Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 28
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 2. Donnafugata Quotes

At the bottom of the steps the authorities took their leave, and the Princess […] invited the Mayor, the Archpriest, and the notary to dine that same evening. […] And [the Prince] added, turning to the others, “And after dinner, at nine o’clock, we shall be happy to see all our friends.” For a long time Donnafugata commented on these last words. And the Prince, who had found Donnafugata unchanged, was found very much changed himself, for never before would he have issued so cordial an invitation; and from that moment, invisibly, began the decline of his prestige.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra (speaker), Don Calogero Sedàra , Princess Maria Stella, Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 62
Explanation and Analysis:

No laugh […] came from the Prince, on whom, one might almost say, this news had more effect than the bulletin about the landing at Marsala. That had been an event not only foreseen but also distant and invisible. Now, with his sensibility to presages and symbols, he saw revolution in that white tie and two black tails moving at this moment up the stairs of his own home. Not only was he, the Prince, no longer the major landowner in Donnafugata, but he now found himself forced to receive, when in afternoon dress himself, a guest appearing in evening clothes.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra , Don Calogero Sedàra , Giuseppe Garibaldi
Page Number: 76
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 7. Death of a Prince Quotes

It was useless to try to avoid the thought, but the last of the Salinas was really he himself, this gaunt giant now dying on a hotel balcony. For the significance of a noble family lies entirely in its traditions, that is in its vital memories; and he was the last to have any unusual memories, anything different from those of other families […] the meaning of his name would change more and more to empty pomp […] He had said that the Salinas would always remain the Salinas. He had been wrong. The last Salina was himself. That fellow Garibaldi […] had won after all.

Related Characters: Prince Don Fabrizio Corbèra (speaker), Giuseppe Garibaldi, Fabrizietto Salina
Related Symbols: Leopards
Page Number: 248
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