Cesare Pavese: Frasi in inglese

Cesare Pavese era scrittore, poeta, saggista e traduttore italiano. Frasi in inglese.
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“That war in which I had been sheltering, convinced of having accepted it, of having made my own uncomfortable peace, grew more ferocious, bit deeper, reached into one's nerves and brain.”

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Origine: The house on the hill (1949), Chapter 13, p. 125

“Narrating incredible things as though they were real—old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible—the new.”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“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.”

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“The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else's.”

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“If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“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.”

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Origine: The moon and the bonfire (1950), Chapter XXVI, p. 149

“The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“He told me that it isn't what you do but how you do it that shows whether you are clever or not.”

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Origine: The moon and the bonfire (1950), Chapter XVII, p. 99

“Love is the cheapest of religions.”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.”

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This Business of Living (1935-1950)

“She didn't seem dead. There was only a swelling of the lips, as if she were angry. The strange thing was her idea of renting a painter's studio, having an armchiar, no less, drawn up s she could die in front of the window that looked toward Superga. A cat had given her away–it was in the room with her, and the next day, miaowing and scratching the door, it had made them open.”

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Among women only (1949)

“What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.”

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“Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always.”

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“It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone…”

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Origine: The house on the hill (1949), Chapter 8, p. 105