All Primo Levi Quotes
- In history and in life one sometimes seems to glimpse a ferocious law which states: to he that has, will be given; from he that… Ferocious
- Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from steering the fate… Better
- I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty. Inspirational
- If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him to eat today? Child
- My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die. Arm
- If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer. Bad
- There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. Courage
- The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat. Been
- To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger consists… All
- It is this refrain that we hear repeated by everyone: you are not at home, this is not a sanatorium, the only exit is by… All
- At that time I had not yet been taught the doctrine I was later to learn so hurriedly in the Lager: that man is bound… All
- We collected in a group in front of their door, and we experienced within ourselves a grief that was new for us, the ancient grief… Ancient
- To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a… Accuse
- The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is… Absolve
- For me chemistry represented an indefinite cloud of future potentialities which enveloped my life to come in black volutes torn by fiery flashes, like those… Black
- Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable.… Admirable
- Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to… Become Erased
- The aims of life are the best defense against death. Aim
- I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it… Ample
- In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as… Detestable