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Cesare Pavese, an Italian poet, was born on September 9, 1908, and died on August 27, 1950. His poetry is deeply influenced by the Italian literary tradition and blends modernist styles.

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Famous Cesare Pavese Quotes

“The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one's own loneliness, how to communicate with others.”

Whole Problem Break Loneliness Communicate Break Out

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company.”

Whole Company Sitting Mirrors Evening

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?”

Whole Night Risk Whole Life Day And Night Have Confidence Entrusting

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“I was happy enough; I knew that during the night the whole city might go up in flames and all its people be killed, but the ravines, houses, and footpaths would wake in the morning calm and unchanged.”

People Enough Whole Might Night House Cities Morning Calm Flames Footpaths

Book:Selected Works: Translated from the Italian and with an Introd. by R. W. Flint

Source: Selected Works: Translated from the Italian and with an Introd. by R. W. Flint

“It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.”

Whole Happens Can Do Whole Life

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.”

Whole Generations Son Labor Artistic Settling Morrow

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

About the Author

Born: September 9, 1908
Died: August 27, 1950
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 193

Books & Sources

This Business of LivingRelated source material

Selected Works: Translated from the Italian and with an Introd. by R. W. FlintRelated source material

Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950Related source material

This Business of Living: Diary: 1935-1950Related source material

La casa in collinaRelated source material

The Burning Brand: Diaries 1935-1950Related source material

This Business of Living: Diaries 1935-1950Related source material

Disaffections: complete poems 1930-1950Related source material

La bella estateRelated source material

La luna e i falòRelated source material

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