It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
CESARE PAVESEIn 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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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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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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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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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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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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Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
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There is something indecent in words .
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You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time.
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For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.
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We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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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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