What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
CESARE PAVESEOne must look for one thing only, to find many.
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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 mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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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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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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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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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
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You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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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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