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Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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The ultimate function of criticism is to fulfill the natural function of disdain, which is conducive to the good hygiene of the spirit.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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Don't do today what you can also leave undone tomorrow.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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Travels are the travelers. What we see is not what we see, but who we are.

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Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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The only mystery of the universe is that there is a mystery of the universe.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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Being a poet is not an ambition of mine, it is my way of being alone.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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Moving from the ghosts of faith to the specters of reason is nothing more than being transferred from one cell to another.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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We always love in what we have, what we don't have when we love.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest human errors.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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To renounce our freedom is to renounce our quality as human beings, and with it, all the duties of humanity.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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It is not easy to abandon virtue; it torments those who abandon it for a long time.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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There is a big difference between traveling to see countries and traveling to see towns.

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