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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.

Cesare Pavese

We care so little of other people than even Christianity urges us to do good for the love of God.
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Care God Love People Religion
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
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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Enjoyment Happiness Obsession Oneself
But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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Hide Life Lose People Trick Worst
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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Friendship Grief Herself Loss Stupidity Yourself
You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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Life Understand Young 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
It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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Alone Born Cry Death Point
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
Love is the cheapest of religions.
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Cheap Love One Liner Religion
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
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.
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Born Complete Mad Perfection
The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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Beginning Heart Night Suffering
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality

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