It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
CESARE PAVESEThe 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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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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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Love is desire for knowledge.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.
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Nowadays, 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.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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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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I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else’s understanding.
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There is something indecent in words .
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We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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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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