What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
CESARE PAVESEA 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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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.
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All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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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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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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Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
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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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The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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