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The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.

Fernando Pessoa

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Fernando Pessoa
Age: 47 †
Born: 1888
Born: June 13
Died: 1935
Died: November 30
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Literary Critic
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
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Lisboa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
Alberto Caeiro
Ricardo Reis
Bernardo Soares
Pessoa
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Humans
Heart
Poisoned
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Mirror
Mirrors

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