When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust. (Cesare Pavese)

When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.

Cesare Pavese

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