“Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.”
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“I never meant to be but a dreamer.”
— Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Nunca pretendi ser senão um sonhador.
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