Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
CESARE PAVESEWe like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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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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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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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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What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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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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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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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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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
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