Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted. Ugo Betti More Quotes by Ugo Betti More Quotes From Ugo Betti Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear. Ugo Betti behindsfearfeels It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all. Ugo Betti innocentresponsiblejustice We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned. Ugo Betti fatephilosophyart The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way. Ugo Betti old-friendstemptationyears Killing time is the chief end of our society. Ugo Betti our-societykillingtime There is no forgiveness in nature. Ugo Betti no-forgivenessnature Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber. Ugo Betti runninglongideas Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order? Ugo Betti insecuritymenorder Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead. Ugo Betti burialhonest 'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Ugo Betti madmenideas This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it. Ugo Betti bitsfree-willscary We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that. Ugo Betti bullyingunjustsatisfaction At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. Ugo Betti momentseternityeye A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor. Ugo Betti vaguedoctorspolice A long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison. Ugo Betti marriagemenlong All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. Ugo Betti namepersonmadgiving
