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
depression gauges looks
The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
men practice fool
The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
history lafayette might
For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.
ivy innuendo
Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there?
lying party dark
People who don't know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don't understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists.
real suffering purpose
But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
girl stupid loss
It is stupid to grieve for the loss of a girl friend: you might never have met her, so you can do without her.
destiny fundamentals levels
Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.
love-is desire desire-for-knowledge
Love is desire for knowledge.
night risk whole-life
How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?
home sleep giving
Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.
love marriage money
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
love life love-is
Love is the cheapest of religions.
artist monk states
Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.