"Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh……" — Primo Levi

"Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust."

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58 Quotes by Primo Levi

Primo Levi has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.
Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of…
Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his…
To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has…
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is…
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them…
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could…
After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God,…
Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore…
I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this…
An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.
The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong.

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More Centaur Quotes

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Technically, we're all half centaur. — Nick Offerman
CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such… — Ambrose Bierce
The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made… — Ezra Pound
Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull? — Aristophanes
Man's being is made of such strange stuff as to be partly akin to nature and partly not, at once… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has… — C.S. Lewis
Now I can do the bolts," she slurred. "I've been trying to focus enough magic all week." The magic shifted… — Eoin Colfer
I can grow cameras!" she had shrieked at the Brill brothers during one briefing. "Who's to say that despicable centaur… — Eoin Colfer
Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back.… — Eoin Colfer
He threw his head back and sang, "'I am a centaur, yes, a centaur is what I am.' It's not… — Eoin Colfer
Never," said Hagrid irritably, "try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy stargazers. Not interested in anythin'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,’ he said. ‘That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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