“Be content to bless each other, that is all the blessing you need, and how I wish that all blessings were so.”

—  José Saramago , book Baltasar and Blimunda

Abençoem-se antes um ao outro, é quanto basta, pudessem ser todas as bênçãos como essa.
Source: Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), p. 175

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Abençoem-se um ao outro, é quanto basta, pudessem todas as bênçãos como essa ser

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