Quotes by Cesare Pavese

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be. (Cesare Pavese)

A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be. (Cesare Pavese)

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition. (Cesare Pavese)

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next. (Cesare Pavese)

Contraries are cured by contraries. (Cesare Pavese)

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue. (Cesare Pavese)

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone elses body. (Cesare Pavese)

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. (Cesare Pavese)

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be. (Cesare Pavese)

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. (Cesare Pavese)