All Italo Svevo Quotes
- To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence. Atheism
- Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction. Accuse
- Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole… Atheism
- And it is true that life lacks the monotony of museums. There come days which seem worthy of being framed, but they are so full… Atheism
- Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer. Disease
- You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide. Clearly
- Health doesn't analyze itself, nor does it look at itself in the mirror. Only we sick people know something about ourselves. Analyze
- The fancies of wine are authentic events. Authentic
- There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember. Always Forget
- Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano. Always Expect
- Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very… Able
- Misunderstanding women is a clear sign of scant virility. Clear
- It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent. Belief