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

Cesare Pavese

But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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Interest Lost Stupidity Time Wisdom
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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Generation Interest Problem Solve
There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.
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Day Feeling Forgiveness Himself Stupidity
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be “lifelong”? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
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Love Man Operation Relationship True Wake Up
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Hands Mouth Ready Willing
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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Effort Experience Future Past Skills Technique World Yourself
To know the world, one must construct it.
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Construction World
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
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
Love is desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Love One Liner
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
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

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