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Erroneous beliefs1 quote
Out of a few misunderstandings with reality we construct beliefs and hopes, and we live on these crusts, which we call bread, just like poor children who play at being happy. — Fernando Pessoa · 1982Fate vs. free will1 quote
The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914Free will1 quote
The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914God and man1 quote
The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914Literature1 quote
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. — Fernando Pessoa · 1935Worldview1 quote
Out of a few misunderstandings with reality we construct beliefs and hopes, and we live on these crusts, which we call bread, just like poor children who play at being happy. — Fernando Pessoa · 1982