Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living, Date: 1946-09-16
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There is only one pleasure—that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
— Cesare Pavese on Life
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Life" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 440-55.)
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About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
About Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.
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