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
men humiliation mourn
When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.
believe men suffering
You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
men another-man
When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.
work men quality
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
strong men giving
Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
lonely writing men
Men who have a tempestuous inner life and do not seek to give vent to it by talking or writing are simply men who have no tempestuous inner life. Give company to a lonely man and he will talk more than anyone.
revenge men generous-man
There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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.
time men brutal
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.
sacrifice men giving
In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
men would-be furious
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
men weakness firsts
Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?
pain men feelings
The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men's pain, is punished by feeling his own with intolerable anguish.
men intelligent fool
Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.