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Cesare Pavese on Pain

1908–1950 Italy

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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering.

This Business of Living (1935)

But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.

This Business of Living (1935)

If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more?
No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight—they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.

This Business of Living (1935)

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