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> [We ride through life on the beast within us. Beat the animal, but you can't make it think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/we-ride-through-life-on-the-beast-within-us-beat-the-animal-but-you/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

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## More by Luigi Pirandello

> [When a character is born, he acquires at once such an independence, even of his own author, that he can be imagined by everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/when-a-character-is-born-he-acquires-at-once-such-an-independence/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“The capacity for deluding ourselves that today's reality is the only true one, on the one hand, sustains us, but on the other, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/the-capacity-for-deluding-ourselves-that-today-s-reality-is-the-only/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and immediately I become what I have to become, what I can become:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/inevitably-we-construct-ourselves-let-me-explain-i-enter-this-house/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [THE FATHER: But don't you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/the-father-but-don-t-you-see-that-the-whole-trouble-lies-here-in/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [If we have no other reality beyond the illusion, you too must not count overmuch on your reality as you feel it today, since,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/if-we-have-no-other-reality-beyond-the-illusion-you-too-must-not/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“This is the real drama for me; the belief that we all, you see, think of ourselves as one single person: but it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/this-is-the-real-drama-for-me-the-belief-that-we-all-you-see-think-of/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/each-of-us-face-to-face-with-other-men-is-clothed-with-some-sort-of/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“In his madness he became a terrifying actor!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/in-his-madness-he-became-a-terrifying-actor/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [Those who understood, in fact, say: 'I mustn't do this, I mustn't do that,' so as not to commit some stupidity or other! Splendid!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/those-who-understood-in-fact-say-i-mustn-t-do-this-i-mustn-t-do-that/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“Voi credete di conoscervi se non vi costruite in qualche modo? E ch'io possa conoscervi, se non vi costruisco a modo mio? E voi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/voi-credete-di-conoscervi-se-non-vi-costruite-in-qualche-modo-e-ch-io/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“You don’t appreciate the fact that madmen are very lucky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/you-don-t-appreciate-the-fact-that-madmen-are-very-lucky/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [Here is a piece of earth. If you stand staring at it and doing nothing, what does the earth yield? Nothing. Just like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/here-is-a-piece-of-earth-if-you-stand-staring-at-it-and-doing-nothing/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [“trovarsi davanti a un pazzo sapete che significa? trovarsi davanti a uno che vi scrolla dalle fondamenta tutto quanto avete costruito in voi, attorno…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/trovarsi-davanti-a-un-pazzo-sapete-che-significa-trovarsi-davanti-a/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/we-re-like-so-many-puppets-hung-on-the-wall-waiting-for-someone-to/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

> [If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-pirandello/if-you-shut-yourself-up-disdainfully-in-your-ivory-tower-and-insist/)

[Luigi Pirandello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-pirandello/)

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