“The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity.”

— Fernando Pessoa , book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 258
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O mundo é de quem não sente. A condição essencial para se ser um homem prático é a ausência de sensibilidade.

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Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publi… 1888–1935

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