What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.
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.
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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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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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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 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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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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We never remember days, only moments.
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Because, to despise money, one must have plenty of it.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday’s parties.
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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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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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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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