It is a symbol of strength, power, imperturbability: Malatesta Novello's motto was elephas indus culices non timet, "the Indian elephant does not fear mosquitoes," as if to say that large people do ...

It is a symbol of strength, power, imperturbability: Malatesta Novello’s motto was elephas indus culices non timet, “the Indian elephant does not fear mosquitoes,” as if to say that large people do ...