Oh Portugal, today you are fog

Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Message, Original: Ó Portugal, hoje és nevoeiro... É a Hora!.

English (original)

Oh Portugal, today you are fog... The Hour has come!

— Fernando Pessoa

All beginnings are involuntary.

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

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.

Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.

Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting