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Cesare Pavese on Mother's Day

1908–1950 Italy

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6 quotes

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

This Business of Living (1935)

Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own.

This Business of Living (1935)

Love is the cheapest of religions.

This Business of Living (1935)

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.

This Business of Living (1935)

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.

This Business of Living (1935)

Love is desire for knowledge.

This Business of Living (1935)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cesare Pavese (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.