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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 Pavese

You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young Yourself
Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
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Addition Complication Live Mistake Right Work
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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Hands Mouth Ready Willing
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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Costume Old Party Word Yourself
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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Discussion Logic Philosophy Woman
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Goodness Reason Suicide
A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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Body Death Wake
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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Author Dreams End Yourself
The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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Beginning Heart Night Suffering
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
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Himself Strong Weakness Woman
There is something indecent in words .
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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.

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