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People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.
Giacomo Leopardi
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Giacomo Leopardi
Age: 38 †
Born: 1798
Born: June 29
Died: 1837
Died: June 14
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Cosimo Papareschi
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The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.
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He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.
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Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.
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Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire for them. Old age is the supreme evil, because it deprives us of all pleasures, leaving us only the appetite for them, and it brings with it all sufferings. Nevertheless, we fear death, and we desire old age.
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The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.
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Man is almost always as wicked as his needs require.
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Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.
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I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.
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Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --
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It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.
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