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Myth is the nothing that is all.

— Fernando Pessoa

More from Fernando Pessoa

  1. The Gods sell when they give. / Glory is paid for with disgrace. / Poor are the happy, for they are / Just what passes.
  2. All beginnings are unvoluntary.
  3. I fulfilled my duty against destiny. / Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
  4. Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, / and clear in wanting
  5. Faithful to the word given and the idea had. / All else is up to God!
  6. Without madness what is man / more than the healthy beast, / corpse adjourned that procreates?
  7. God wills, man dreams, the work is born.
  8. The sea is fulfilled, and the Empire undid itself. / Lord, Portugal remains to be accomplished!

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Topics in this quote

  • life
  • philosophy
  • meaning
  • myth
  • narrative

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