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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

“I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else's understanding.”

World Way Understanding Blood

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

“No matter how much a young man likes to think for himself, he is always trying to model himself on some abstract pattern largely derived from the example of the world around him. And a man, no matter how conservative, shows his own worth by his personal deviation from that pattern.”

Thinking Men World Trying Matter Shows Young Example Models Patterns Conservative Likes Young Man Abstract Always Trying Deviation

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.”

World Made Past Found Effort Rich Mystery Skills Technique Within You Our Past Everlasting Your Past

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.”

World Matter Problem Spirit Suffering Clear Conscience What Matters Consoling Clear Conscience

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“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.”

World Wish Born Love You Brother Your Brother Love You So Much I Love You So Much Love Thoughts

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.”

Knows World Lying Sea Ocean Shore Stormy Stormy Seas

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.”

World Life This World Paid Starting Luxury Pay The Price

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“The only joy in the world is to begin.”

World Inspirational Happiness Joy Being Happy Joy And Happiness Creative Thinking Always Happy Joy Happiness Self Happiness Always Be Happy Brainstorming Beginnings And Endings Creative Thought You Make Me Happy Lateral Thinking Joy To The World

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“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.”

Men World Used Company Boys Worst Loneliness This World Youth Used To Be Single Being Single Grown Man

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative?”

World Believe Children Moments Imagination Imaginative Recollection Rare Moments

Author:Cesare Pavese

“The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.”

World Moments Joy Alive

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“To know the world, one must construct it”

Knows World Wisdom Constructs

Book:This Business of Living: Diary: 1935-1950

Source: This Business of Living: Diary: 1935-1950

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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