"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love…" — Cesare Pavese
"Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic."
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66 Quotes by Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese has 66 quotes on this site.
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Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your…
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At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it,…
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To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting…
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Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial…
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We never remember days, only moments.
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Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever…
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Reality is a prison, where one vegetates and always will. All the rest - thought, action - is just a…
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The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always,…
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You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone,…
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
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But here's the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much…
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More Anesthetic Quotes
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With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone…
— Saul Bellow
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Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free…
— Norman Cousins
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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
— Frank Leahy
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The drug ketamine, used as a 'dissociative' anesthetic, can produce subjective reports of conscious awareness outside the body, as can…
— Stuart Hameroff
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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days
— Hafez
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Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes…
— Rose Macaulay
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Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because…
— Erik Larson
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I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he…
— Art Linkletter
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There is no greater anesthetic than sport.
— John Oliver
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Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic.
— Al Goldstein
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I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills,…
— Cornell Woolrich
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