He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. Cesare Pavese View this quote
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. Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese
Love is desire for knowledge. Cesare Pavese
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Cesare Pavese
The only joy in the world is to begin. Cesare Pavese
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. Cesare Pavese
The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the human interest the old personality can take in new activities. Cesare Pavese
The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others. Cesare Pavese
Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time. Cesare Pavese
To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it. Cesare Pavese
We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest. Cesare Pavese
Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
September 9th, 1908 - August 27th, 1950
