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> [People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/people-are-ridiculous-only-when-they-try-or-seem-to-be-that-which/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

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## More by Giacomo Leopardi

> [Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/every-man-remembers-his-childhood-as-a-kind-of-mythical-age-just-as/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

> [If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/if-content-with-himself-and-mankind-a-man-is-never-harsh-or-curt/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

> [I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/i-may-be-wrong-but-it-seems-rare-in-our-age-to-find-a-widely-praised/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

> [“Everything that is ended, everything that is last, naturally awakens in man a feeling of sorrow and melancholy. At the same time, it excites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/everything-that-is-ended-everything-that-is-last-naturally-awakens-in/)

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> [Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/everything-since-homer-has-improved-except-poetry/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

> [If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/if-the-best-company-is-that-which-we-leave-feeling-most-satisfied/)

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> [“ The Infinite It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/the-infinite-it-was-always-dear-to-me-this-solitary-hill-and-this/)

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> [The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/the-commonplace-expression-that-life-is-nothing-but-a-play-is/)

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> [The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/the-thought-that-really-crushes-us-is-the-thought-of-the-futility-of/)

[Giacomo Leopardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-leopardi/)

> [The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/the-artisan-or-scientist-or-the-follower-of-whatever-discipline-who/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/it-s-interesting-to-observe-that-almost-all-truly-worthy-men-have/)

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> [No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/no-one-is-so-completely-disenchanted-with-the-world-or-knows-it-so/)

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> [The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/the-old-man-especially-if-he-is-in-society-in-the-privacy-of-his/)

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> [You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/you-can-be-happy-indeed-if-you-have-breathing-space-from-pain/)

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> [“If you start reading some book, even a very easy one, or listen to the clearest lecture in the world, with excessive attention, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/if-you-start-reading-some-book-even-a-very-easy-one-or-listen-to-the/)

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