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The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.

Cesare Pavese

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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Born Complete Mad Perfection
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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Knowledge Lesson Wisdom
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Alone Born Cry Death Point
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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Death Furious Health Man Point Yourself
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible
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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Generation Interest Problem Solve
There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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Alive Happiness Misery
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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Avoid Freedom Live Ourselves
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
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.
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Enemy Generosity Man Revenge Yourself
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.
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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else’s.
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Continue Ego Live Reason Thinking
There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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Luxury Pay World

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