Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that he is living in a world in which he is a means and whose end is not his business.
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of … - Alberto Moravia
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of …
- Alberto Moravia
When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. - Alberto Moravia
When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer. - Alberto Moravia
I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.
In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live… - Alberto Moravia
In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live…
Because the world to-day is so constructed that no one can do what he would like to do, and he is forced, instead, to do what others wish him to do. … - Alberto Moravia
Because the world to-day is so constructed that no one can do what he would like to do, and he is forced, instead, to do what others wish him to do. …
The less one notices happiness, the greater it is. - Alberto Moravia
The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.
It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will. - Alberto Moravia
It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.
The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write. - Alberto Moravia
The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.
An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain ev… - Alberto Moravia
An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain ev…
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