Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.
Portrait adapted from
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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Alberto Caeiro
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Álvaro de Campos
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Ricardo Reis
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Bernardo Soares
Native Name:
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Alternative Names:
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
Original: Porque eu sou do tamanho do que vejo e não do tamanho da minha altura.
Beyond the bend in the road There may be a well, and there may be a castle, And there may be just more road. I don't know and don't ask. As long as I'm on the road that's before the bend I look only at the road before the bend, Because the road before the bend is all I can see. It would do me no good to look anywhere else Or at what I can't see. Let's pay attention only to where we are. There's only enough beauty in being here and not somewhere else. If there are people beyond the bend in the road, Let them worry about what's beyond the bend in the road. That, for them, is the road. If we're to arrive there, when we arrive there we'll know. For now we know only that we're not there. Here there's just the road before the bend, and before the bend There's the road without any bend.
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O homem não difere do animal senão em saber que o não é. É a primeira luz, que não é mais que treva visível. É o começo, porque ver a treva é ter a luz dela. É o fim, porque é o saber, pela vista, que se nasceu cego. Assim o animal se torna homem pela ignorância que nele nasce
