The Englishman without his tea fights only half-heartedly. - José Maria de Eça de Queirós

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The Englishman without his tea fights only half-heartedly.

José Maria de Eça de Queirós

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About José Maria de Eça de Queirós

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (or Eça de Queirós) (November 25, 1845 – August 16, 1900) was a Portuguese novelist, short-story writer, travel-writer, critic and diplomat. His novels, which are often compared to those of Balzac, Flaubert and Zola, satirize the Portuguese bourgeoisie and priesthood.

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Native Name: José Maria de Eça de Queiroz

Alternative Names: José Maria Eça de Queiroz

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Hilaire Belloc G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw Friedrich Nietzsche John Buchan

Additional quotes by José Maria de Eça de Queirós

Sobre a nudez forte da verdade
o manto diáfano da fantasia.

Jovens de letras, meus amigos, ponde vossos olhos neste exemplo de ouro! Sê prudente, mancebo; nunca, ao entrar na carreira literária, publiques poema ou novela sem a antecipada precaução de ter sido durante alguns anos – primeiro-ministro de Inglaterra!

Human effort may manage at its best to transform a starving proletariat into a well-fed bourgeoisie; but then a worse proletariat emerges from the bowels of society. Jesus was right, there will always be the poor among us. Which proves that this humanity is the greatest error that God ever committed.