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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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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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Journalist
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Literary Critic
Literary Editor
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Enough
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Never
Grow
Trouble
Grows
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Harshness
Desire
Strongly
Problem
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Anything
Fate

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