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Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.
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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And as well as I dream, I reason if I want, for that's just another kind of dream.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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