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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.

Cesare Pavese

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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Abandonment Captain Destiny Enough Hard Time Myself
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Money Oneself
It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Exception Life Live Point Yourself
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
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Act Ambition Beyond Difficult Pass Suicide
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
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Activity Time
Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
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Addition Complication Live Mistake Right Work
Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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Happiness Love Poetry Remember Share Writing
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Hands Mouth Ready Willing
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
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Friendship Grief Herself Loss Stupidity Yourself
Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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Believe Religion Wisdom
Love is the cheapest of religions.
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Cheap Love One Liner Religion

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