“There is
One great society alone on earth:
The noble Living and the noble Dead.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. XI, l. 393.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.”
— Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 86
The Book of Disquiet
Original: É nobre ser tímido, ilustre não saber agir, grande não ter jeito para viver.
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