Each of us is several, is many,is a profusion of selves. So that the s…

Fernando Pessoa
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Each of us is several, is many,is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the same as the self who suffers or takes joy in them. In the vast colony of our being there are many species of people who think and feel in different ways. Livro Do Desassossego ✨ Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith (2002). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.294, Grove Press
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