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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.

Cesare Pavese

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
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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Enemy Generosity Man Revenge Yourself
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Beginning Job One Liner World
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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Break Communication Life Lonely Problem
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
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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Boy Growth Himself Man Philosophy Wisdom Youth
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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Bored Exception Life Mercy
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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Creation Dreams End Intelligence Present
There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be “lifelong”? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
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Love Man Operation Relationship True Wake Up
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
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared

Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.

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