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The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.

Cesare Pavese

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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Action Fools Himself Man Practice
I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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Abandonment Captain Destiny Enough Hard Time Myself
We never remember days, only moments.
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Day Moments Remember
One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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Finding Oneself Search
What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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Access Desire Oneself Possession Woman Worth
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be “lifelong”? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
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Love Man Operation Relationship True Wake Up
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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Death Furious Health Man Point Yourself
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
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Brutal Man Slow Time Willing
I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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Company Evening Mirror Myself
It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
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Friendship Grief Herself Loss Stupidity Yourself
Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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Happiness Love Poetry Remember Share Writing
Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.
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Artist Monk State
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
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Activity Time
We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
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Balance Deep Feeling Opposite Problem Reality Wealth
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared

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