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Famous Ugo Betti Quotes
“It so difficult to know what the people we love really need.”
“Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.”
“Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions.”
“At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.”
“There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.”
“Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.”
“Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.”
“If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.”
“Killing time is the chief end of our society.”
“There is no forgiveness in nature.”
“'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.”
“Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead.”
“Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.”
“Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear.”
“The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.”
“When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.”