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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

Cesare Pavese

From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
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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Action Fools Himself Man Practice
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
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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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
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
We never remember days, only moments.
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Day Moments Remember
Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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Knowledge Lesson Wisdom
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
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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Avoid Freedom Live Ourselves
There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Feeling Heart Ourselves Word
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
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
You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Day Moments Remember Yourself
What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.
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Beyond Lying Ocean Reach World
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

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