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

Cesare Pavese

The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Beginning Job One Liner World
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
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
We commit two wrongs when we fail to right a wrong.
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Commitment Failure Wrong
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
The face of the night will be an old wound that reopens each evening, impassive and living. The distant silence will ache like a soul, mute, in the dark. We’ll speak to the night as it’s whispering softly.
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Darkness Evening Face Night Old Soft Talk Whisper Wound
I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else’s understanding.
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Blood Myself Place Thinking Understand World
Don’t mix wine and women.
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One Liner Wine Woman
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one’s trouble does not make it any better.
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Better Children Oneself Stop Trouble
The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men’s pain, is punished by feeling his own with intolerable anguish.
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Angry Charity Himself Live Man Pain Share
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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Luxury Pay World
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Alone Born Cry Death Point
There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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Enemy Generosity Man Revenge Yourself
We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.
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Feeling Heart Ourselves Word
The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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Descend Escape Sound

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

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