The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
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If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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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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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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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 man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man – the one he used to be.
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Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.
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