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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
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Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.
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The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.
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An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
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To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.
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Ignazio Silone
Born:
May 1, 1900
Died:
August 22, 1978
(aged 78)
Bio:
Ignazio Silone was the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician.
Known for:
Fontamara (1933)
Bread and Wine (1937)
The Abruzzo trilogy
Luca's Secret (1956)
La scuola dei dittatori (1962)
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