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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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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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No woman marries for money they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
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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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