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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .

Cesare Pavese

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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Boy Growth Himself Man Philosophy Wisdom Youth
The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else’s.
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Continue Ego Live Reason Thinking
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
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.
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Alive Beginning Goodness Job Moments World
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
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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Born Love Thinking World
If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.
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Enjoyment Life Mad Ourselves People Suffering True
But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting.
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Interest Lost Stupidity Time Wisdom
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.
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Company Evening Mirror Myself
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
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Alive Happiness Misery
Love is the cheapest of religions.
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Cheap Love One Liner Religion

You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .

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