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Quote by Alberto Moravia

“The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.”

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Alberto Moravia, born on November 28, 1907 and died on September 26, 1990, was a renowned Italian novelist of the 20th century. He is known for his profound psychological descriptions and realistic style. more

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Humans Has Beens Two Lines Space Movement Travel Waste Mere Obstacles Thanks Invites Wasting Time Vehicle Routes Tribute Tourism Triumphant

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Self Lying Differences University Self Confidence Graduates Vitality

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Persons Long Real Reason Past Memories Eternal Mirrors Contemplating Long Ago Pals Blah

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“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's very beautiful. But what would they nourish their intimate talk with? However contemptible the world may be, they still need it to be able to talk together.”

People World Needs May Stills Two Able Together Beautiful Intimate Isolated Very Beautiful Alone In Love

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“Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events; but when it comes to how we experienced them at the time, memory feels no obligation to truth.”

Feels Past Memories Ability Events Proud Misery Track Obligation Logical Truthful Sequence Splendor Past Events

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“No episode is a priori condemned to remain an episode forever, for every event, no matter how trivial, conceals within itself the possibility of sooner or later becoming the cause of other events and thus changing into a story or an adventure. Episodes are like land mines. The majority of them never explode, but the most unremarkable of them may someday turn into a story that will prove fateful to you.”

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“The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present... he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the past and the future... he has no fear, because the source of fear is in the future, and a person freed of the future has nothing to fear.”

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