“And we shall all come forth without shame and shall stand before Him. And He will say unto us, ‘Ye are swine, made in the Image of the Beast and with his mark; but come ye also!’ And the wise ones and those of understanding will say, ‘Oh Lord, why dost Thou receive these men?’ And He will say, ‘This is why I receive them, oh ye wise, this is why I receive them, oh ye of understanding, that not one of them believed himself to be worthy of this.’ ”

– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

Cristofiru Culumbu, chi facisti?

La megghiu giuvintù tu rruvinasti.

Christopher Columbus, what have you done?

You’ve ruined the best of our young.

– Calabrian saying