Fernando Pessoa: Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination — Fernando Pessoa

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.

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I'm all those things, even though I don't want to, in the confuse depth of my fa — Fernando Pessoa
His livid face is a bewildered false green. I notice it, between the chest's har — Fernando Pessoa
That's not my love; that's just your life. — Fernando Pessoa
Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not t — Fernando Pessoa
Experience is a useful gift that serves no purpose. — Jules Renard
In practical administration, experience is everything. — Napoleon
Experience, the name men give to their mistakes. — Oscar Wilde
"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin. — Voltaire
Every journey begins with a single step. — Laozi
Beauty is the main positive form of the aesthetic assimilation of reality, in wh — Karl Marx
Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown r — Anton Chekhov
Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty. — George Bernard Shaw