Freedom is the possibility of isolation... If you can't live alone, you were born a slave.
A liberdade é a possibilidade do isolamento... Se te é impossível viver só, nasceste escravo.
Original text (Portuguese)
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Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.
Was it worthwhile?
Everything is worthwhile
if the soul is not small.
Ah, to be you while being I!
To have your glad unconsciousness
And be conscious of it!
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