The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
CESARE PAVESEWe must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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Love is desire for knowledge.
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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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There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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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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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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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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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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Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.
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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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There is something indecent in words .
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.
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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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