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.
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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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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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There is something indecent in words .
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Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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We never remember days, only moments.
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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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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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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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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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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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