"Is not man himself the most unsettled of……" — Ugo Betti
"Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?"
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34 Quotes by Ugo Betti
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
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This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
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We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain…
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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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If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.
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When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace,…
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Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words,…
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We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.
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All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there…
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Killing time is the chief end of our society.
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There is no forgiveness in nature.
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