Laughable Loves

by Milan Kundera
Czech Republic
Born on 1 Apr 1929
Writer

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Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.

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Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.

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The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

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A man is responsible for his ignorance.

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Milan Kundera

 

On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays