Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
CESARE PAVESELove is the cheapest of religions.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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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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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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