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Caress Quote by Ugo Betti

“The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.” quote by Ugo Betti — Download Open image

“The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.”

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Justice! Custodian of the world! But since the world errs, justice must be custodian of the world's errors.

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Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.

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If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.

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To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

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Killing time is the chief end of our society.

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Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it…

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The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

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Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.

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I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.

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