More from Fernando Pessoa

  1. For the moment being, given that we live in society, the only duty of superior men is to reduce to a minimum their participation in the tri…
  2. I never was but an isolated bon vivant, which is absurd; or a mystic bon vivant, which is an impossible thing.
  3. I'm upset by the happiness of all these men who don't know they're unhappy. [...] Because of that, though, I love them all. Dear vegetables!
  4. It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended.
  5. All pleasure is a vice, for seeking pleasure is what everybody does in life, and the only dark vice is doing what everybody does.
  6. Every gesture is a revolutionary act.
  7. Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.
  8. Knowing not to have illusions is absolutely necessary in order to have dreams.

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