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In general, we Portuguese only begin to be idiotic when we reach the age of reason. While we are young we all have a spark of genius. - José Maria de Eça de Queirós
" "In general, we Portuguese only begin to be idiotic when we reach the age of reason. While we are young we all have a spark of genius.
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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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The Englishman falls on the ideas and customs of other nations like a lump of granite in the water: and there he stays, a weighty encumbrance, with his Bible, his sports and his prejudices, his etiquette and selfishness – completely unaccommodating to those among whom he lives. That is why he remains, in the countries where he has lived for centuries, a foreigner.
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