Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
CESARE PAVESEWe like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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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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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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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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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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To know the world, one must construct it.
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A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
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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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But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
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No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.
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It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it.
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