"There is an art in taking the whiplash……" — Cesare Pavese
"There is an art in taking the whiplash of suffering full in the face, an art you must learn. Let each single attack exhaust itself; pain always makes single attacks, so that its bite may be more intense, more concentrated. And you, while its fangs are implanted and injecting their venom at one spot, do not forget to offer it another place where it can bite you, and so relieve the pain of the first."
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Cesare Pavese
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66 Quotes by Cesare Pavese
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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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