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Fernando Pessoa Quotes
Birthday: | June 13, 1888 |
Death: | November 30, 1935 |
Manner of Death: | Natural Causes |
Nationality: | Portugal |
Occupations: | Essayist, Translator, Literary Critic, Philosopher, Writer |
Total quotes: 22
Fernando Pessoa
BirthnameBirthday: June 13, 1888
Death: November 30, 1935
Manner of Death: Natural Causes
Nationality: Portugal
Occupations: Essayist, Translator, Literary Critic, Philosopher, Writer
Total quotes: 22
“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”
Tagged:
Idealistic Love, Philosophy
“I never paid any attention to people who told me to go out and live. I belonged always to whatever was far from me and to whatever I could never be. Anything that was not mine, however base, always seemed to me to be full of poetry. The only thing I ever loved was pure nothingness.”
Tagged:
Self-Love
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