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> [I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-leopardi/i-find-it-awfully-difficult-to-determine-if-the-habit-of-talking/)

[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/)

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> [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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