Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
CESARE PAVESEThose philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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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 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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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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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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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Love is desire for knowledge.
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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I 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.
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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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Will power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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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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