We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
CESARE PAVESE
CESARE PAVESE
Cesare Pavese on commitment
Cesare Pavese106 quotes“We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.”
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Cesare PaveseCesare 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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Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
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Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is something indecent in words .
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don’t wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.
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