More from Cesare Pavese
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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Not believing in anything is also a religion .
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
Cesare PaveseCesare 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese 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.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is something indecent in words .
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We never remember days, only moments.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese
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Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
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We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.
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Jack KerouacJack Kerouac I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Every scar is a burial of pain, every face is a graveyard of days.
Jonny OxJonny Ox I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
Truman CapoteTruman Capote I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels
