So great is my tedium, so overwhelming the horror of being alive, that I cannot imagine what could possibly serve as a palliative, an antidote, a bal… - Fernando Pessoa
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So great is my tedium, so overwhelming the horror of being alive, that I cannot imagine what could possibly serve as a palliative, an antidote, a balm, a source of oblivion.
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
Wikimedia Commons, S.A. e Maria José de Lencastre (Public domain / CC0)
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: Aquilo que, creio, produz em mim o sentimento profundo, em que vivo, de inconguência com os outros, é que a maioria pensa com a sensibilidade, e eu sinto com o pensamento.
Ποιος θα μ' εκανε ν' ακουσω καποιου την ανθρωπινη φωνη Που θα ομολογουσε οχι μιαν αμαρτια, αλλα μιαν ατιμια Που θα διηγιοταν οχι μια βιαιη πραξη, αλλα μια δειλη! Οχι, ολοι ειναι το Ιδανικο, να, τους ακουω και μου μιλουν. Υπαρχει κανεις σ' αυτο τον κοσμο να μου ομολογησει Πως εστω μια φορα ηταν κακος; Ω πριγκιπες, αδελφια μου,
Βλακες, ειμαι μπουχτισμενος απο ημιθεους! Που εχει ανθρωπους σ' αυτον τον κοσμο;
Δηλαδη εγω ειμαι ο μονος Λαθεμενος και κακος σ' αυτη τη γη; ...
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