Victoria AddinoThe amount of time an individual may spend pondering over what his neighbor has and what he does not, is equivalent to the amount of time the individual has lost in becoming an equal to his neighbors.
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In this quote, Cesare Pavese is saying that the most important thing in life is to become an equal to your neighbors. You can’t worry about what others have when you don’t have anything yourself. It’s about how you live your life and what you do with your time and resources.
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