Ugo Betti
Ugo Betti
Ugo Bettiwas an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth4 February 1892
CountryItaly
bullying unjust satisfaction
We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.
running ideas long
Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.
fate feelings bears
We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.
time our-society killing
Killing time is the chief end of our society.
nature no-forgiveness
There is no forgiveness in nature.
sister love-is doe
Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions.
eye moments eternity
At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.
carpe-diem giving want
Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.
years old-friends temptation
The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.
scary free-will bits
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
sincerity spontaneity conventions
The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.
hate believe play
We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all!
errors justice world
Justice! Custodian of the world! But since the world errs, justice must be custodian of the world's errors.
absolutely confused mean
When I say I, I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.