Fernando Pessoa: Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it. — Fernando Pessoa

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

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I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla l — Fernando Pessoa
The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is intelligence's oldest tax. — Fernando Pessoa
Se, depois de eu morrer, quiserem escrever a minha biografia, Não há nada mais s — Fernando Pessoa
Given that we cannot know all the elements in a problem, we never can solve it. — Fernando Pessoa
Ah, Love! could thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Thin — Omar Khayyám
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. — Mark Twain
On rencontre sa destinée Souvent par des chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter. — Jean de La Fontaine
And every man, in love or pride, Of his fate is ever wide. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that is under heaven, says the sage, runs one law and one fortune. — Michel de Montaigne
Pero el que no pudiere alcançar a tener la sabiduría en servidumbre, lógrela en — Baltasar Gracián
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide hi — Samuel Butler
We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. — Ralph Waldo Emerson