916 Quotes by Fernando Pessoa

  • Author Fernando Pessoa
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    Feliz, finalmente, quien renuncia a todo, y a quien, por renunciar a todo, nada le puede ser quitado o reducido.

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  • Author Fernando Pessoa
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    A arte consiste em fazer os outros sentir o que nós sentimos, em os libertar deles mesmos, propondo-lhes a nossa personalidade para especial libertação.

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    They spoke to me of people, and of humanity.But I've never seen people, or humanity.I've seen various people, astonishingly dissimilar,Each separated from the next by an unpeopled space.

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    What does a river know about this and what does a tree know?And I, who am no more than those, what do I know?Every time I look at things and think about what men think about them,I laugh like how a brook sounds cool on a stone.

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    "My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tambours I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony."

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  • Author Fernando Pessoa
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    Desengañémonos de la esperanza, porque traiciona en el amor, porque cansa en la vida, porque harta y no se sacia, y hasta de la muerte, porque trae más de lo que se quiere y menos de lo que se espera.

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  • Author Fernando Pessoa
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    Convivir es morir. Para mí, sólo mi autoconsciencia es real; los demás son fenómenos inciertos en esa conciencia, y sería enfermizo prestarles una realidad muy verdadera.

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