Fernando Pessoa: Since I wasn’t able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of

Since I wasn’t able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the — Fernando Pessoa

Since I wasn’t able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell.

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