Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Talis pater, talis filius (Like father, like son)  Ancient popular sentence (also in the variant qualis pater, talis filius) with which it is intended to affirm both the concept of the heredity of character and the influence that the paternal example has on children: it is repeated above all in relation to qualities not positive...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Si vis amari, ama (If you wish to be loved, love)  Si vis amari, ama (If you wish to be loved, love) is a proverbial expression, derived from a maxim of Hecaton of Rhodes, used by Seneca in the Moral Letters to Lucilius, it highlights the importance of reciprocity in any form of 'Love'  Magnet in real raw Italian marble,...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Facta non verba (Deeds not words)   Famous phrase perhaps attributable to Cato the Elder (res non verba) and taken up in the work "De Re Militari" by the Roman writer Vegetius, which invites us to act instead of speaking  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: the Mona Lisa or Gioconda (Leonardo da Vinci)  The Gioconda, also known as Mona Lisa, was painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506. It is kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The panel on which Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in oil is made of poplar  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: The Creation by Michelangelo  The Creation of Adam is the most famous episode of the cycle of frescoes on the vault of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most celebrated images of universal art. Michelangelo executed the work together with other episodes from the Bible on commission from Pope Julius II. Iconic is the detail of the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: "... and yet it moves!" Phrase attributed to Galileo who was subjected to the inquisition for six years and tortured for having said that the earth moved. When he was freed, he looked up to the sky and down towards the earth and stamping his foot, with a contemplative soul said: "And yet it moves"; that is, nevertheless it moves, meaning...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Sticazzi   Expression showing disinterest or amazement  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar to Catullus, from Seneca to Gaius Titus - the phrases of great poets,...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Verba volant, scripta manent (Spoken words fly away, written words remain)  Ancient proverb, attributed to Gaius Titus, which states the need to have one's rights documented in writing, the importance of testimonies and written documents  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Quant'è bella giovinezza ... (How beautiful youth is...)  Phrase taken from the "Song of Bacchus" by Lorenzo de' Medici known as the Magnificent  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Mens sana in corpore sano (A healthy mind in a healthy body)  Very well-known sentence, taken from a verse by Juvenal: "Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano" (we must ask the gods that the mind be healthy in the healthy body)  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Errare humanum est (To err is human) The Latin phrase is a philosophical axiom with which we try to mitigate a fault, an error, a moral fall, but he warns that insisting is diabolical  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the...

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)  Faithful reproduction of the bust hand painted   These statues are made of marble dust and resin agglomerate, built by skilled Tuscan artisans. Weight 12.34 oz. and Height 5.90 in.