I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitu…

Fernando Pessoa
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I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.330, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2007). The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, p.330, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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