
1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
Original: Le persone vere, rare e sincere rimangono semplicemente se stesse, il resto diventa ciò che conviene.
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1970's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde (1970 - 1972)
John Tyree, Chapter 7, p. 93
2000s, Dear John (2006)
“In a world of false appearances, be rare: transparent, honest, true and sincere.”
Original: In un mondo di false apparenze, siate rari: trasparenti, onesti, veri e sinceri.
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“Love is never convenient-and rarely painless”
Source: The Sunflower
The Carpet People (1971; 1992)
Context: They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings.
It's what most people call themselves, to begin with. And then one day the tribe meets some other People or, if it's not been a good day, The Enemy. If only they'd think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it'd save a lot of trouble later on.
Source: The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. II, Reason in Society, Ch. IV: The Aristocratic Ideal
“To be immediately inconvenients to most people, it is enough to be true, correct and sincere.”
Original: Per essere immediatamente scomodi alla maggior parte delle persone, è sufficiente essere veri, corretti e sinceri.
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