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Quotes About Repetition

Happiness is the longing for repetition.
~ Milan Kundera
Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup.
~ Milan Kundera
Putting it negatively, the myth of eternal return states that a life which disappears once and for all, which does not return, is like a shadow, without weight, dead in advance, and whether it was horrible, beautiful, or sublime, its horror, sublimity, and beauty mean nothing.
~ Milan Kundera
Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.
~ Milan Kundera
In the world of eternal return the weight of unbearable responsibility lies heavy on every move we make.
~ Milan Kundera
Can't you come up with something different? And therein lies the whole of mans plight.Human time does not turn in a circle;it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy:happiness is the longing for repetition.
~ Milan Kundera
La felicidad es el deseo de repetir.
~ Milan Kundera
Ljudsko vrijeme se ne okre?e u krugu, ve? juri po pravoj liniji naprijed. To je razlog zašto ?ovjek ne može biti sretan, jer je sre?a ?ežnja za ponavljanjem.
~ Milan Kundera
If every second of our lives recurs an infinite number of times, we are nailed to eternity as Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross
~ Milan Kundera
Só o acaso pode nos parecer uma mensagem. Aquilo que acontece por necessidade, aquilo que é esperado e se repete cotidianamente é coisa muda apenas.
~ Milan Kundera
Tener un hijo significa manifestar que se está de acuerdo con el hombre. Si tengo un hijo, es como si dijera: He nacido, he experimentado la vida y he comprobado que es tan buena que merece ser repetida.
~ Milan Kundera
But is not an event in fact more significant and noteworthy the greater the number of fortuities necessary to bring it about? Chance and chance alone has a message for us. everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us.
~ Milan Kundera
Einmal ist keinmal. What happens but once might as well not have happened at all. The history of the Czechs will not be repeated, nor will the history of Europe. The history of the Czechs and of Europe is a pair of sketches from the pen of mankind's fateful inexperience, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever will no longer exist tomorrow.
~ Milan Kundera
Numai întâmplarea ne poate ap?rea ca un mesaj. Tot ce se petrece ca o necesitate, tot ce e de aÈ™teptat È™i se repet? zi de zi nu-i decât un lucru mut. Numai întâmplarea ne spune ceva. Iar noi ne str?duim s? citim în ea, aÈ™a cum citesc È›ig?ncile în figurile desenate de zaÈ›ul cafelei pe fundul ceÈ™tii.
~ Milan Kundera
Toda repetición es solo una imitación y toda imitación carece de valor.
~ Milan Kundera
But is not an event in fact more significant and noteworthy the greater the number of fortuities necessary to bring it about? Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of a cup.
~ Milan Kundera
If every second of our lives recurs an infinite number of times, we are nailed to eternity as Jesus was nailed to the cross. It is a terrifying prospect.
~ Milan Kundera
İşte insanoÄŸlunun bütün bahts?zl??? burada yat?yor. İnsan zaman? bir döngü izlemiyor; onun yerine dümdüz bir çizgide ileriye doÄŸru gidiyor. İnsan bu yüzden mutlu olam?yor; mutluluk yinelenmeye duyulan özlemdir.
~ Milan Kundera
the idea of eternal return implies a perspective from which things appear [...] without the mitigating circumstances of their transitory nature
~ Milan Kundera
O tempo humano não anda em círculo, mas avança em linha reta. Por isso o homem não pode ser feliz: a felicidade é o desejo de repetição.
~ Milan Kundera
L'uomo, spinto dal senso della bellezza, transforma un avvenimento casuale (la musica di Beethoven, una morte alla stazione) in un motivo che va poi a iscriversi nella composizione della sua vita. Ad esso ritorna, lo ripete, lo varia, lo sviluppa, lo traspone, come fa il compositore con i temi della sua sonata.
~ Milan Kundera
Een kind hebben betekent zich absoluut uitspreken voor de mens. Als ik een kind heb, dan is het alsof ik zou zeggen: Ik ben geboren, ik heb het leven geproefd en ben er achter gekomen dat het goed genoeg is en dat het verdient herhaald te worden.
~ Milan Kundera
Lo que ocurre necesariamente, lo necesario lo que se repite todos los días es mudo. Sólo la casualidad nos habla
~ Milan Kundera
Diciamo quindi che l'idea dell'eterno ritorno indica una prospettiva dalla quale le cose appaiono in maniera diversa da come noi le conosciamo: appaiono prive della circostanza attenuante della loro fugacità.
~ Milan Kundera