Luigi Pirandello Quotes

Most popular Luigi Pirandello Quotes

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.
— Luigi Pirandello

character manners

Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one, isn't it? - Luigi Pirandello quote.
Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one, isn't it?
— Luigi Pirandello Each in His Own Way

opinions

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.
— Luigi Pirandello

mankind

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.
— Luigi Pirandello The Rules of the Game

dreams (during sleep)

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be — like the reality of yesterday — an illusion tomorrow. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be — like the reality of yesterday — an illusion tomorrow.
— Luigi Pirandello
A fact is like a sack — it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
A fact is like a sack — it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
— Luigi Pirandello
Man never reasons so much and becomes so introspective as when he suffers; since he is anxious to get at the cause of his sufferings, to learn who has produced them, and whether it is just or unjust that he should have to bear them. - Luigi Pirandello quote.
Man never reasons so much and becomes so introspective as when he suffers; since he is anxious to get at the cause of his sufferings, to learn who has produced them, and whether it is just or unjust that he should have to bear them.
— Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author

suffering