Quote#Wisdom
Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Ser major reformado parece-me uma coisa ideal. É pena não se poder ter sido eternamente apenas major reformado..
English (original)
Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
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.
All beginnings are involuntary.
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