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Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Fernando Pessoa
Born: June 13, 1888
Died: November 30, 1935 (aged 47)
Bio: Fernando Pessoa 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.
Known for:
- The Book of Disquiet
- Message (1934)
- O Guardador de Rebanhos (1925)
- O EU profundo e os outros eus
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