Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole life spread out before them.
Interpretation
As we face the end of life, memories of our past become clearer and more significant.
Italo Svevo's quote suggests that as individuals approach their death, the importance of their memories intensifies. The vivid recollection of one's life experiences serves as a poignant reminder of what truly matters, with memories surfacing more clearly in moments of reflection during life's final stages. This phenomenon highlights the relationship between our present circumstances and our past experiences, emphasizing how our life narrative shapes our understanding of our existence.
In practice
During a eulogy, one might say, 'As we gather here today, we remember the joyful memories of a life well-lived, as Svevo suggested.'
Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined? Perhaps it was this very doubt that bound me to my vice, because life is so much pleasanter if one is able to believe in one's own latent greatness
Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction.
You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide.
The fancies of wine are authentic events.
Often times we call a man [or woman] cold when he [or she] is only sad.
I don't think much new ever happens. Most of us spend our days the same way people spent their days in the year 1000: walking around smiling, trying to earn enough to eat, while neurotically doing these little self-proofs in our head about how much better we are than these other slobs, while simultaneously, in another part of our brain, secretly feeling woefully inadequate to these smarter, more beautiful people.
To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.
It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with other events, usually only amuses himself or makes sport of us, as, for instance, the naturalist or historian. But a single action or event is interesting, not because it is explainable, but because it is true.
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.
It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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