“The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life.”

— Giuseppe Mazzini

Reported in ‎Thomas Jones, The Duties of Man and Other Essays (1915), page 61

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Italian patriot, politician and philosopher 1805–1872

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