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1888–1935 Portugal
Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.
Also known as: Pessoa, Pessoa, Fernando
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To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.
Whether or not they exist, we're slaves to the gods.
Art consists in making others feel what we feel.
If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.
We are two abysses — a well staring at the sky.
Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.
In order to understand, I destroyed myself.
To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
Strength without agility is a mere mass.
Liberty is the possibility of isolation.
The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity.
We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept – our own selves – that we love.
Oh salty sea, how much of your salt
And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.
Freedom is the possibility of isolation... If you can't live alone, you were born a slave.
As we wash our body so we should wash destiny, change life as we change clothes.
Given that we cannot know all the elements in a problem, we never can solve it.
If we knew the truth, we'd see it; all else is system and outskirts.
I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.
It's been a long time since I've been me.
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