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Italo Svevo quotes: The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno .

The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno .

Italo Svevo quotes: To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence.

To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence.

Italo Svevo quotes: Sorrow and lovelife, in other wordscannot be considered a sickness because they hurt.

Sorrow and love
life, in other words
cannot be considered a sickness because they hurt.

Italo Svevo quotes: Everyone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance.

Everyone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance.

Italo Svevo quotes: There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and ... the third I can't remember.

There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and ... the third I can't remember.

Italo Svevo quotes: You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide.

You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide.

Italo Svevo quotes: In psychoanalysis there is never repetition, neither of the same images nor

In psychoanalysis there is never repetition, neither of the same images nor

Italo Svevo quotes: Health doesn't analyze itself, nor does it look at itself in the mirror. Only we sick people know something about ourselves.

Health doesn't analyze itself, nor does it look at itself in the mirror. Only we sick people know something about ourselves.

Italo Svevo quotes: Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano.

Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano.

Italo Svevo quotes: When will you discover that it would be a good idea to memorize your life, even the large part of it that will revolt you?

When will you discover that it would be a good idea to memorize your life, even the large part of it that will revolt you?

Italo Svevo quotes: When my eyes closed, however, in the darkness I saw that her words had created a new world, like all words that are not true. I

When my eyes closed, however, in the darkness I saw that her words had created a new world, like all words that are not true. I

Italo Svevo quotes: I wanted again May roses in December. I

I wanted again May roses in December. I

Italo Svevo quotes: It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent.

It is comfortable to live in the belief that you are great, though your greatness is latent.

Italo Svevo quotes: The fancies of wine are authentic events.

The fancies of wine are authentic events.

Italo Svevo quotes: Misunderstanding women is a clear sign of scant virility.

Misunderstanding women is a clear sign of scant virility.

Italo Svevo quotes: Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer.

Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer.

Italo Svevo quotes: Complete freedom consists of being able to do what you like, provided you also do something you like less.

Complete freedom consists of being able to do what you like, provided you also do something you like less.

Italo Svevo quotes: Under the law established by the possessor of the greatest number of devices, sickness and the sick will flourish.

Under the law established by the possessor of the greatest number of devices, sickness and the sick will flourish.

Italo Svevo quotes: The sun didn't illuminate me! When you are old, you remain in shadow, even when you have wit.

The sun didn't illuminate me! When you are old, you remain in shadow, even when you have wit.

Italo Svevo quotes: Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction.

Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction.

Italo Svevo quotes: A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism.

A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism.