Today is the birthday of Cesare Pavese (September 9, 1908 – August 27, 1950), poet, novelist, literary critic and translator."We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten." - Cesare Pavese
"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears." - Cesare Pavese
"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better." - Cesare Pavese
"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped." - Cesare Pavese
"The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies." - Cesare Pavese
"He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity." - Cesare Pavese
"Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue." - Cesare Pavese
"The only joy in the world is to begin." - Cesare Pavese
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