Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

Quote by Cesare Pavese

Topics: Living Quotes

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Love is the cheapest of religions.

Love is the cheapest of religions.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to...

No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to...

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

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

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide....

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide....

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever kills himself for the love of a woman, but because love -...

No one ever kills himself for the love of a woman, but because love -...

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it...

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin,...

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin,...

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

One must look for one thing only, to find many.

One must look for one thing only, to find many.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the...

It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the...