Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavesewas an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 September 1908
CountryItaly
Cesare Pavese quotes about
hands giving political
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
lies life memories richness
The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.
world constructs knows
To know the world, one must construct it
adversity hath met strength
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
lies lies-and-lying life memories remember richness
We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
inspirational happiness being-happy
The only joy in the world is to begin.
dream travel sleep
Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.
joy alive world
The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.
taken lessons genocide
Lessons are not given, they are taken.
time years long
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
cry born dies
It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone...
life luxury pay-the-price
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
brother love-you wish
A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
love life friendship
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.