You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
CESARE PAVESEWe commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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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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In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
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We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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