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There is something indecent in words .

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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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To know the world, one must construct it
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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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Love is the cheapest of religions.
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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 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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People who don't know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don't understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists.
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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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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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You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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I was happy enough I knew that during the night the whole city might go up in flames and all its people be killed, but the ravines, houses, and footpaths would wake in the morning calm and unchanged.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.
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