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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.

Cesare Pavese

Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.
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Artist Monk State
A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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Clear Conscience Spirit Suffering Thinking World
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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Abandonment Captain Destiny Enough Hard Time Myself
The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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Descend Escape Sound
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
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
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Day Moments Remember Yourself
The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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Break Communication Life Lonely Problem
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
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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Avoid Freedom Live Ourselves
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
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Activity Time
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality

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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