Fausto Cercignani Quotes

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If on the web you search only for frivolous or sensational news (which are often false and slanderous), you will bring grist to the mill of those who maintain that the era of the web is by no means the era of knowledge.

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If I lost the privilege of being despised by certain individuals, I would certainly suspect that my actions and words are wrong in some way.

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The loafer believes he is enjoying life, but sooner or later he must face disillusion.

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Once I believed that sooner or later I would come across a really wise person; today I couldn't even say what wisdom is.

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Tomorrow is another day is something you can say only to yourself, not to the person you want to comfort.

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An exception is nothing else than a rule that applies exceptionally.

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If some speak ill of me, I will try to understand their reasons, but after my death I will certainly come to terms with it.

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We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.

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Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.

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Self-discipline is indispensable, if you want to master your character.

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Every human relationship implies compromises, but the limit to any compromise is one's own dignity.

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They do not speak of boundless skies,
of passing loves like silver clouds.
They speak of cheerless towns, unwound:
on hazy moors of muffled music.

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