Quote#Wisdom
Some sensations are sleeps that take up all the extent of the mind…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Há sensações que são sonos, que ocupam como uma névoa toda a extensão do espírito, que não deixam pensar, que não deixam agir, que não deixam claramente ser..
English (original)
Some sensations are sleeps that take up all the extent of the mind like a fog, don't let us think, don't let us act, don't let us be clearly.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Myth is the nothing that is everything.
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