Will power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
CESARE PAVESEA dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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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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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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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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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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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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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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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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Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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Those philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
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