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Cesare Pavese Quotes and Quotations
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. 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. No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities. We do not remember days, we remember moments. The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the human interest the old personality can take in new activities. The only joy in the world is to begin. Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. |