Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa, was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 June 1888
CityLisbon, Portugal
CountryPortugal
Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd.
Everything is absurd.
In today's life, the world belongs only to the stupid, the insensitive and the agitated. The right to live and triumph is now conquered almost by the same means by which you conquer internment in an asylum: the inability to think, amorality and hiperexcitation.
Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming.
There is no safe standard to tell man from animals.
If we knew the truth, we'd see it; all else is system and outskirts.
Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.
What's most worthless about dreams is that everybody has them.
The startling reality of things is my discovery every single day.
Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.
To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy.
Never read a book to the end, nor even in sequence and without skipping.
Life is good, but Wine is better.