We never remember days, only moments.
CESARE PAVESESuicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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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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To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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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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We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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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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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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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
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No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Will power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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