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.
CESARE PAVESENo one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
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The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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There is something indecent in words .
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Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else’s understanding.
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Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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