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Fernando Pessoa Quotes: To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.
         

To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.


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We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

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