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.
CESARE PAVESEThe 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.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
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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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When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.
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The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Don’t mix wine and women.
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No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
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Love is desire for knowledge.
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