To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to …

Fernando Pessoa
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To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.
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And as well as I dream, I reason if I want, for that's just another kind of dream. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, p. 320, 2006.
I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises. Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was, I've always enjoyed watching my daydreams go down in defeat. … ▶
Again I see you, But me I don't see!, The magical mirror in which I saw myself has been broken, And only a piece of me I see in each fatal fragment - Only a piece of you and me!
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All I’ve ever done is dream. That, and only that, has been the meaning of my existence. The only thing I’ve ever really cared about is my inner life. My greatest griefs faded to nothing the moment I … ▶

To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.

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