In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Man is doomed either squander his youth, which is the only time he has to store provisions for the coming years and… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Nature, with her customary beneficence, has ordained that man shall not learn how to live until the reasons for living are stolen… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“Everything that is ended, everything that is last, naturally awakens in man a feeling of sorrow and melancholy. At the same time, it excites… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“ The Infinite It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
“If you start reading some book, even a very easy one, or listen to the clearest lecture in the world, with excessive attention, and… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share
