“For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.”
Quote by Cesare Pavese
Work
The Burning Brand: Diaries 1935-1950
This book is a compilation of diary entries that provide a glimpse into the personal experiences and thoughts of the author during a significant period of historical change and personal growth. more
Author
Cesare Pavese
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. more
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“We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.”
Source: This Business of Living
“The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.”
“Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.”
Source: Poems 2
Source: Over the Teacups
“A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain.”
Source: The Mists of Avalon
“The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.”
“In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.”
“All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.”
“We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.”
“Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.”