Quote#Nature
God gave the sea the danger and the abyss
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Message, Original: Deus ao mar o perigo e o abismo deu, Mas nele é que espelhou o céu..
English (original)
God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
All beginnings are involuntary.
Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
Myth is the nothing that is everything.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting