Fernando Pessoa Quotes
-
And the supreme glory of all this, my love, is to think that maybe this isn't true, neither may I believe it true.And when lying starts giving us pleasure, let's speak the truth so that we lie to it.
-
My curiosity sister of larks.
-
No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.
-
Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
-
Man shouldn't be able to see his own face. That's what's most terrible. Nature gave him the possibility of not seeing it, as well as the incapacity of not seeing his own eyes.
-
To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
-
Todo o homem que merece ser célebre sabe que não vale a pena sê-lo.
-
All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.
-
O coração, se pudesse pensar, pararia.
-
The supreme empire is that of the Emperor who renounces all normal life, that of other men, and in who the care of supremacy doesn't weigh like a load of jewels.
-
A metafísica é uma consequência de estar mal disposto.
-
O meu coração é um pouco maior que o universo inteiro.
-
Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
-
Descobri que a leitura é uma forma servil de sonhar. Se tenho de sonhar, porque não sonhar os meus próprios sonhos?
-
I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.
-
I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla lily elongations. God made my soul into an ornamental thing.
-
To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
-
To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
-
Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nadaTeu exagera ou exclui.Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto ésNo mínimo que fazes.Assim em cada lago a lua todaBrilha, porque alta vive.
-
We never love someone. We just love the idea we have of someone. It's a concept of ours - summing up, ourselves - that we love.
-
Tedium is the lack of a mithology. To whom has no beliefs, even doubt is impossible, even skepticism has no strength to suspect.
-
Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.
-
My God, my God, who am I attending to? How many am I? Who is me? What is this interval between me and me?
-
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!