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There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.

Cesare Pavese

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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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Alive
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The problem is not the harshness of Fate, for anything we want strongly enough we get. The trouble is rather that when we have it we grow sick of it, and then we should never blame Fate, only our own desire.
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Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifference.
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You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.
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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
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All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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When a woman marries she belongs to another man and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.
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Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
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Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi. (Death will come and it will have your eyes.)
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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