Machado de Assis Quotes

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

Machado de Assis

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• Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

  

  Machado de Assis
  • Life
  • Dream
  • Fall