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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

Cesare Pavese

To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.
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Comfortable Cry Injustice Wrong Yourself
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Insult Man Refusal Suffering Yourself
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
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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Enjoyment Life Mad Ourselves People Suffering True
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
I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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Company Evening Mirror Myself
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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Blood Myself Place Thinking Understand World
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
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Drop End Life Party
But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
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
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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Purpose Reality Service Suffering Truth
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search

The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

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