Ugo Betti Quotes

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If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

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All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

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Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber.

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Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.

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This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.

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We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.

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It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.

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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?

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Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

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Everyone has, inside himself... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is... a very great, very important character.

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