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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

Cesare Pavese

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
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny.
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Action Destiny Fate Himself Reaction
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
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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Death Furious Health Man Point Yourself
When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Author Dreams End Yourself
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Day Moments Remember Yourself
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
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
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Action Decision Reaction Repeat Result Time
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
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
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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Creation Dreams End Intelligence Present
To know the world, one must construct it.
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Construction World
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.
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Insecurity Man Ready Sacrifice Sick Yourself

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