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Laughable Loves - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.
"Laughable Loves" is a collection of short stories by Milan Kundera, exploring themes of love, desire, and humor. Each narrative delves into the complexities of relationships, revealing the ironic and sometimes absurd nature of human connections. Kundera's writing is marked by wit and philosophical insights, providing a unique lens through which to understand love's myriad forms and complications. The characters in these stories often find themselves in humorous yet poignant situations that highlight the contradictions of romantic entanglements. Kundera's ability to blend comedy with deeper emotional truths invites readers to reflect on their own experiences with love and attraction. The stories portray love as both a source of joy and a catalyst for existential contemplation. Overall, “Laughable Loves” is a profound yet entertaining examination of the human condition. Through skillful storytelling, Kundera emphasizes that love, despite its challenges, remains an essential and universal aspect of life. The interplay of laughter and introspection makes this collection a thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the intricacies of romantic relationships.
My dearcolleagues, as you know, the greatest misfortune for a man is a happy marriage; he hasn't theslightest hope of a divorce.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
My dearcolleagues, as you know, the greatest misfortune for a man is a happy marriage; he hasn't theslightest hope of a divorce.
Too much faith is the worst ally
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Too much faith is the worst ally
It is that until the joy that produces the presence of the man whom he loves he feels better alone. If the presence outside the continuing, it would only be present in its constant. Stop it is only possible in the times of solitude
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
It is that until the joy that produces the presence of the man whom he loves he feels better alone. If the presence outside the continuing, it would only be present in its constant. Stop it is only possible in the times of solitude
If people were only responsible for what they do consciously, the idiots would be in advance free of any guilt
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
If people were only responsible for what they do consciously, the idiots would be in advance free of any guilt
It is in this unreasonableness that is a piece of freedom that is granted to each of us and to which we must constantly and relentlessly reach to remain in this world of iron laws a little human disorder.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
It is in this unreasonableness that is a piece of freedom that is granted to each of us and to which we must constantly and relentlessly reach to remain in this world of iron laws a little human disorder.
At the end of true love is death and only a love that ends in death is love
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
At the end of true love is death and only a love that ends in death is love
When a person cannot take anything, no one seriously, how sad it is to live!
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
When a person cannot take anything, no one seriously, how sad it is to live!
Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that time. The era of ancient Egyptian culture lasted for several thousand years; the era of Greek antiquity for almost a thousand. In this respect, a single human life imitates the history of mankind; at first it is plunged into immobile slowness, and then only gradually does it accelerate more and more.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that time. The era of ancient Egyptian culture lasted for several thousand years; the era of Greek antiquity for almost a thousand. In this respect, a single human life imitates the history of mankind; at first it is plunged into immobile slowness, and then only gradually does it accelerate more and more.
Do you, Clara? You think that the lie equals the other, but you are wrong. I can create anything, laugh at people's chin and deceive them, and do all kinds of fraud without feeling a liar. These types of lying, if I want to be called this lies, are me, I am on my truth. With these types of lying, I do not hide anything, but rather express the truth. But there are things that I cannot lie in. There are things her experience well, I know their meaning and love, and they are things that I do not tolerate. Lying in it put my destiny, and it is something that I cannot tolerate, so do not ask me for it, because I will not do it.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Do you, Clara? You think that the lie equals the other, but you are wrong. I can create anything, laugh at people's chin and deceive them, and do all kinds of fraud without feeling a liar. These types of lying, if I want to be called this lies, are me, I am on my truth. With these types of lying, I do not hide anything, but rather express the truth. But there are things that I cannot lie in. There are things her experience well, I know their meaning and love, and they are things that I do not tolerate. Lying in it put my destiny, and it is something that I cannot tolerate, so do not ask me for it, because I will not do it.
Man passes through the present with his eyes blindfolded. He is permitted merely to sense and guess at what he is actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can he glance at the past and find out he has experienced and what meaning it has had.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Man passes through the present with his eyes blindfolded. He is permitted merely to sense and guess at what he is actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can he glance at the past and find out he has experienced and what meaning it has had.
Through the air floated only important words, and Flajsman said to himself that love has but one true measure, and that is death. At the end of true love is death, and only the love that ends in death is love.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Through the air floated only important words, and Flajsman said to himself that love has but one true measure, and that is death. At the end of true love is death, and only the love that ends in death is love.
Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players.
Facts mean little compared to attitudes. To contradict rumor or sentiment is as futile as arguing against a believer's faith in the Immaculate Conception. You have simply become a victim of faith, Comrade Assistant.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Facts mean little compared to attitudes. To contradict rumor or sentiment is as futile as arguing against a believer's faith in the Immaculate Conception. You have simply become a victim of faith, Comrade Assistant.
Those boobs of yours are ubiquitous - like God!
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Those boobs of yours are ubiquitous - like God!
I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself
The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: 'We're going.'Where to?' The girl feigned surprise.Don't ask, just come on,' said the young man.Is that any way to talk to me?'It's the way I talk to whores.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
The young man called the waiter and paid. Then he got up and said to the girl: 'We're going.'Where to?' The girl feigned surprise.Don't ask, just come on,' said the young man.Is that any way to talk to me?'It's the way I talk to whores.
So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game.
Because I'm happy that you exist at all, Elisabeth. Perhaps I love you. Perhaps I love you very much. But probably just for this reason it would be better if we remain as we are. I think a man and a woman love each other all the more when they don't live together and when they know about each other only that they exist, and when they are grateful to each other for the fact that they exist and that they know they exist. And that alone is enough for their happiness.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Because I'm happy that you exist at all, Elisabeth. Perhaps I love you. Perhaps I love you very much. But probably just for this reason it would be better if we remain as we are. I think a man and a woman love each other all the more when they don't live together and when they know about each other only that they exist, and when they are grateful to each other for the fact that they exist and that they know they exist. And that alone is enough for their happiness.
There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. But should it come to the very last, the most important one, at this point a man must halt and stand firm if he doesn't want to begin life all over again with idle hands and a feeling of being shipwrecked.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. But should it come to the very last, the most important one, at this point a man must halt and stand firm if he doesn't want to begin life all over again with idle hands and a feeling of being shipwrecked.
She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.
Only after a while did it occur to me {in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me} that my story was not of the tragic sort, but rather of the comic variety.At any rate that afforded me some comfort.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Only after a while did it occur to me {in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me} that my story was not of the tragic sort, but rather of the comic variety.At any rate that afforded me some comfort.
But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
But what had happened, had happened, and it was no longer possible to right anything.
It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.
Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that friendship is not a bit less fickle than love and it is impossible to build anything on it. Self-love? I wish it were possible.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Tell me, where in life is there a value that would make us consider suicide uncalled for on principle! Love? Or friendship? I guarantee that friendship is not a bit less fickle than love and it is impossible to build anything on it. Self-love? I wish it were possible.
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or love. She knew that she had crossed the forbidden boundary, but she proceeded across it without objections and as a full participant; only somewhere, far off in a corner of her consciousness, did she feel horror at the thought that she had never known such pleasure, never so much pleasure as at this moment--beyond that boundary.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
This was exactly what the girl had most dreaded all her life and had scrupulously avoided until now: lovemaking without emotion or love. She knew that she had crossed the forbidden boundary, but she proceeded across it without objections and as a full participant; only somewhere, far off in a corner of her consciousness, did she feel horror at the thought that she had never known such pleasure, never so much pleasure as at this moment--beyond that boundary.
Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.
Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone {and if it's combined with modesty}, apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone {and if it's combined with modesty}, apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.
The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.''Do I look like a liar?''You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.''Do I look like a liar?''You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
We pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has.
Milan Kundera Laughable Loves
We pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has.
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