Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
CESARE PAVESEI 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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
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You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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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.
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.
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Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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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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Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be “lifelong”? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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