Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
CESARE PAVESETo know the world, one must construct it.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
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You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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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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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man – the one he used to be.
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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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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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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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We never remember days, only moments.
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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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Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.
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