The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.
CESARE PAVESEA 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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Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
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There is something indecent in words .
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You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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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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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it.
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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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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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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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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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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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There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
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Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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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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One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one’s trouble does not make it any better.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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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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We never remember days, only moments.
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Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men’s pain, is punished by feeling his own with intolerable anguish.
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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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