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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.

Cesare Pavese

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny.
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Action Destiny Fate Himself Reaction
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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Ambition Origin Sense Sin
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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Alive Beginning Goodness Job Moments World
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Alone Born Cry Death Point
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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Death Furious Health Man Point Yourself
You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young Yourself
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
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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Enjoyment Happiness Obsession Oneself
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Insult Man Refusal Suffering Yourself
To know the world, one must construct it.
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Construction World
We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Feeling Heart Ourselves Word
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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Enjoyment Life Love Pain
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.
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Activity Fruit Personality Search

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