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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
Fernando Pessoa
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Fernando Pessoa
Age: 47 †
Born: 1888
Born: June 13
Died: 1935
Died: November 30
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Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
Alberto Caeiro
Ricardo Reis
Bernardo Soares
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pg 9, The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence.
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