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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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Cesare Pavese
Age: 41 †
Born: 1908
Born: September 9
Died: 1950
Died: August 27
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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You don't remember days, you remember moments.
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We obtain things when we no longer want them.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else's.
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