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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
Cesare Pavese
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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.
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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
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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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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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Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
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Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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You don't remember days, you remember moments.
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We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.
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You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.
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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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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.
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The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.
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The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
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