Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
CESARE PAVESEWe never remember days, only moments.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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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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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
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