Quote#Dreams
Civilization consists in giving something an unfitting name, then…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: A civilização consiste em dar a qualquer coisa um nome que lhe não compete, e depois sonhar sobre o resultado. E realmente o nome falso e o sonho verdadeiro criam uma nova realidade. O objecto torna-se realmente outro, porque o tornámos outro. Manufacturamos realidade.
English (original)
Civilization consists in giving something an unfitting name, then dream about the result. And indeed the false name and the real dream create a new reality. The object really becomes another, because we turned it into another one. We manufacture realities.
— Fernando Pessoa
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All beginnings are involuntary.
Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.
Myth is the nothing that is everything.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting