Originally Posted By: The Last Woltz
Originally Posted By: henry
TB : In the novel I hope Vito acknowledged the Cereventes when he made his "cold revenge" statement. It was Cerveventes who said "revenge is a dish best served cold".


I didn't know that. Interesting.

I haven't read Don Quixote but it is apparently the source for many common expressions, including "the sky's the limit," "there's no love lost between them," and "give the devil his due."

Amazing that something not even written in English could have such an impact on the language hundreds of years later.


Not to mention the derivative saying, "tilting at windmills."


"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."