We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
CESARE PAVESEWe must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
CESARE PAVESEThe real affliction of old age is remorse.
CESARE PAVESEA man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
CESARE PAVESEThere is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
CESARE PAVESEThe search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.
CESARE PAVESEThere is something indecent in words .
CESARE PAVESENowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
CESARE PAVESEA dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
CESARE PAVESEThose philosophers who believe in the absolute logic of truth have never had to discuss it on close terms with a woman.
CESARE PAVESEWe like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
CESARE PAVESEIt is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
CESARE PAVESEWriting is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
CESARE PAVESEA corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
CESARE PAVESEMisfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
CESARE PAVESEDeath is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
CESARE PAVESEYou’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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