A Remark from D'Annunzio to Mussolini

"Am I not the precursor of all that is good about fascism?" 

- Letter to the Duce

Quote of D'Annunzio from 'The Triumph of Death'

"He did not aspire except to be, himself, the eternal pleasure of becoming." 

- Gabriele D'Annunzio, 'The Triumph of Death'