Fernando Pessoa: It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a g — Fernando Pessoa

It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

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I believe that saying a thing is to keep its virtues and take away its terror. — Fernando Pessoa
The end is low, like all quantitative ends, personal or not, and it can be attai — Fernando Pessoa
Nunca amamos ninguém. Amamos, tão-somente, a ideia que fazemos de alguém. É a um — Fernando Pessoa
Myth is the nothing that is everything. — Fernando Pessoa
人而不仁、如禮何。人而不仁、如樂何。 — Confucius
Irony is the modesty of humanity. — Jules Renard
God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. — Swami Vivekananda
默而識之，學而不厭，誨人不倦，何有於我哉？ — Confucius
Farewell then, verse, and love, and ev'ry toy, The rhymes and rattles of the man — Alexander Pope
To that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valou — William Shakespeare
Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada Teu exagera ou exclui. Sê todo em cada coisa. — Fernando Pessoa
ἀλλὰ μὴν φαίνῃ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Πόθεν ταῦτα; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπόλαυσι — You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be