More from Cesare Pavese
To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Love is the cheapest of religions.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese The real affliction of old age is remorse.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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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Original quotes
From our community writers
Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on wine
Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.
Julius CaesarJulius Caesar No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
Kate MossKate Moss There’s some beauty in a girl holding a glass of wine.
AurthurAurthur I can walk around the city whole night looking up at the moon and the stars, but I’ll need a glass of wine and a lot of you by my side.
AurthurAurthur Give me some music and a glass of wine.
AurthurAurthur The true sweetness of wine is one flavor.
Marco PoloMarco Polo Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
HeraclitusHeraclitus It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
HeraclitusHeraclitus