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.
CESARE PAVESEWill power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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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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There is something indecent in words .
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Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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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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It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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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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It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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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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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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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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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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