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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 Pavese

There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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Bored Exception Life Mercy
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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Creation Dreams End Intelligence Present
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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Fear Jealous Light Selfish Travel Yourself
From someone who doesn’t want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette.
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Acceptance Destiny Share Yourself
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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Activity Fruit Personality Search
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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Discussion Logic Philosophy Woman
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.
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Death Disturb Repose
There is something indecent in words .
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Decent Word
What is to come will emerge only after long suffering, long silence.
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Silence Suffering
Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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Believe Religion Wisdom
Human imagination is immensely poorer than reality.
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Human Imagination Poor Reality
We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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Rest Right Work
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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Action Disappear Fall Quiet Submission Suicide
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
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
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Occupation Patient Terrible

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.

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