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
love-is desire desire-for-knowledge
Love is desire for knowledge.
writing poetry making-love
Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.
love-is unhappy betrayed
The great lovers will always be unhappy, because for them love is great and so they ask of their beloved the same intensity of thought that they have for her – otherwise they feel betrayed.
love inspirational life
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
love marriage money
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
love life love-is
Love is the cheapest of religions.
brother love-you wish
A love thought: I love you so much that I could wish I had been born your brother, or had brought you into the world myself.
love doe misery
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
love pain men
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be "lifelong"? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation?
love life friendship
Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.
lies life memories richness
The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.
lies lies-and-lying life memories remember richness
We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
against attacks cunning deceive defense enjoy foresee halt involving literature normal says secret steal watching
Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.''
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.