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Cesare Pavese Quotes

How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it Picture Quote #1

It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always Picture Quote #1

I’ve discovered nothing. but do you remember how much we talked when we were boys? We talked just for the fun of it. We knew very well it was only talk, but still we enjoyed it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Men who have a tempestuous inner life and do not seek to give vent to it by talking or writing are simply men who have no tempestuous inner life. Give company to a lonely man and he will talk more than anyone Picture Quote #1

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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny Picture Quote #1

Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition Picture Quote #1

Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes Picture Quote #1

But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting Picture Quote #1

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How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night? (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it (Cesare Pavese Quotes) It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always (Cesare Pavese Quotes) I’ve discovered nothing. but do you remember how much we talked when we were boys? We talked just for the fun of it. We knew very well it was only talk, but still we enjoyed it (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Men who have a tempestuous inner life and do not seek to give vent to it by talking or writing are simply men who have no tempestuous inner life. Give company to a lonely man and he will talk more than anyone (Cesare Pavese Quotes) A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end (Cesare Pavese Quotes) 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 (Cesare Pavese Quotes) It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition (Cesare Pavese Quotes) Whatever people may say, the fastidious formal manner of the upper classes is preferable to the slovenly easygoing behaviour of the common middle class. In moments of crisis, the former know how to act, the latter become uncouth brutes (Cesare Pavese Quotes) But all years are stupid. It’s only when they’re over that they become interesting (Cesare Pavese Quotes)

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