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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.

Cesare Pavese

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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Ambition Origin Sense Sin
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
Love is desire for knowledge.
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Desire Knowledge Love One Liner
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
What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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Silence Suffering
Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
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Combination Happiness Writing Yourself
A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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Body Death Wake
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
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
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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Insecurity Man Ready Sacrifice Sick Yourself
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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Born Complete Difference Perfection
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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Costume Old Party Word Yourself

But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.

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