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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.

Cesare Pavese

You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young Yourself
There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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Enemy Generosity Man Revenge Yourself
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
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Account Act Private Remark Revenge Yourself
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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Ambition Origin Sense Sin
Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
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Enough Fools Fortune Intelligence Man
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
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
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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Care God Love People Religion
Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
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Discussion Logic Philosophy Woman
To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
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Comfortable Cry Injustice Wrong Yourself
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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Avoid Freedom Live Ourselves
You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Day Moments Remember Yourself
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible
Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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Memories Remember Reveal Time

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