"Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that……" — Primo Levi
"Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. The obstacles preventing the realization of both these extreme states are of the same nature: they derive from our human condition which is opposed to everything infinite."
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58 Quotes by Primo Levi
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There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.
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Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of…
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Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his…
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To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has…
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The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is…
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The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them…
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They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could…
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After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God,…
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Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore…
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I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this…
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An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.
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The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong.
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Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
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Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither…
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Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity.
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Everything contains its antithesis.
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Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense…
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A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the…
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I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that…
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My landscapes are not only beautiful, or nostalgic, with a Romantic or classical suggestion of lost Paradises, but above all…
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It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We…
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... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he…
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