Quote#Wisdom
We adore perfection because we can't have it; it would disgust us if…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Adoramos a perfeição, porque não a podemos ter; repugná-la-íamos, se a tivéssemos. O perfeito é o desumano, porque o humano é imperfeito..
English (original)
We adore perfection because we can't have it; it would disgust us if we had it. Perfect is inhuman, because human is imperfect.
— 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