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> [“For human nature is such that grief and pain—even simultaneously suffered—do not add up as a whole in our consciousness, but hide, the lesser behind the greater, according to a definite law of perspective. It is providential and is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/for-human-nature-is-such-that-grief-and-pain-even-simultaneously/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

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> [“For human nature is such that grief and pain - even simultaneously suffered - do not add up as a whole in our consciousness, but hide, the lesser behind the greater, according to a definite law of perspective. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/for-human-nature-is-such-that-grief-and-pain-even-simultaneously-2/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

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## More by Primo Levi

> [I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/i-too-entered-the-lager-as-a-nonbeliever-and-as-a-nonbeliever-i-was/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/man-is-a-centaur-a-tangle-of-flesh-and-mind-divine-inspiration-and/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/our-ignorance-allowed-us-to-live-as-you-are-in-the-mountains-and-your/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“Válka, to je hlavně velký zmatek, na poli i v lidských hlavách: často člověk ani nechápe, kdo vlastně vítězí a kdo prohrává, o tom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/v-lka-to-je-hlavn-velk-zmatek-na-poli-i-v-lidsk-ch-hlav-ch-asto-lov-k/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“An extreme case of the distortion of the memory of a committed guilty act is found in its suppression. Here, too, the borderline between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/an-extreme-case-of-the-distortion-of-the-memory-of-a-committed-guilty/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“It was the shame we knew so well, the shame that drowned us after the selections, and every time we had to watch, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/it-was-the-shame-we-knew-so-well-the-shame-that-drowned-us-after-the/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/an-enemy-who-sees-the-error-of-his-ways-ceases-to-be-an-enemy/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“Willingly or not we come to terms with power, forgetting that we are all in the ghetto, that the ghetto is walled in, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/willingly-or-not-we-come-to-terms-with-power-forgetting-that-we-are/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from steering the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/nothing-can-be-said-nothing-sure-nothing-probable-nothing-honest/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“We were also born," Line said abruptly. Mendel questioned her with a look, and Line tried to clarify her thought: "Born, expelled. Russia conceived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/we-were-also-born-line-said-abruptly-mendel-questioned-her-with-a/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“They are the typical product of the structure of the German Lager: if one offers a position of privilege to a few individuals in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/they-are-the-typical-product-of-the-structure-of-the-german-lager-if/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/anyone-who-has-obeyed-nature-by-transmitting-a-piece-of-gossip/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [I beg the reader not to go in search of messages. It is a term that I detest because it distresses me greatly, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/i-beg-the-reader-not-to-go-in-search-of-messages-it-is-a-term-that-i/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [“One of them declared: 'Doing this work, one either goes crazy the first day or gets accustomed to it.' Another, though: 'Certainly I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/one-of-them-declared-doing-this-work-one-either-goes-crazy-the-first/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

> [For me chemistry represented an indefinite cloud of future potentialities which enveloped my life to come in black volutes torn by fiery flashes, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/primo-levi/for-me-chemistry-represented-an-indefinite-cloud-of-future/)

[Primo Levi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/primo-levi/)

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