Fausto Cercignani: Frasi in inglese (pagina 3)

“The present is nothing else than the sum of what one perceives, remembers and hopes for.”

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“When one must fight, one had better do it without hesitation, according to his own nature.”

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“The best therapy for the imaginary invalid is very simple, but rarely applied. The subject should be taken to a place where people must bear atrocious sufferings and the loss of all human dignity.”

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“Stellar wars are a sort of parallel reality in the filmic imagination, terrestrial wars are still today a harsh daily reality.”

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“A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.”

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“They say there is a difference between actual temperature and perceived temperature, but in the “bearable heaviness of being” the actual measure is no doubt the weight we perceive.”

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“The essence of my optimism is constructive pessimism.”

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“An exception is nothing else than a rule that applies exceptionally.”

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“If I lost the privilege of being despised by certain individuals, I would certainly suspect that my actions and words are wrong in some way.”

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“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.”

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“Perfection is the dream of imperfection that refuses to wake up.”

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“Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.”

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“It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity.”

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“Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.”

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“If some speak ill of me, I will try to understand their reasons, but after my death I will certainly come to terms with it.”

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“Refuse all excess, except in youthful enthusiasm.”

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“When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.”

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“The thesis that the human being seeks God because of the disorder he perceives in himself does not take into account that the human being seems to prefer disorder.”

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“They do not speak of boundless skies,
of passing loves like silver clouds.
They speak of cheerless towns, unwound:
on hazy moors of muffled music.”

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“Once I believed that sooner or later I would come across a really wise person; today I couldn’t even say what wisdom is.”

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