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> [A life without fighting is a dead sea in the universal organism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/a-life-without-fighting-is-a-dead-sea-in-the-universal-organism/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

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## More by Machado de Assis

> [“Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/quem-escapa-do-perigo-vive-a-vida-com-outra-intensidade/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“Cotrim, who was present, said: “Those came who had a genuine interest in you and in us. The eighty would have come only as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/cotrim-who-was-present-said-those-came-who-had-a-genuine-interest-in/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“Nada há definitivo no mundo; nem o infortúnio nem a prosperidade. O que a tua imaginação supõe estar perdido, acha-se apenas transviado ou oculto...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/nada-h-definitivo-no-mundo-nem-o-infort-nio-nem-a-prosperidade-o-que/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“Tudo é música, meu amigo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/tudo-m-sica-meu-amigo/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“…like the horse in the old ballads, which Romanticism found in the medieval castle and left in the streets of our own century. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/like-the-horse-in-the-old-ballads-which-romanticism-found-in-the/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“(...) a pior filosofia é a do choramingas que se deita à margem do rio para o fim de lastimar o curso incessante das…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/a-pior-filosofia-a-do-choramingas-que-se-deita-margem-do-rio-para-o/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“O casamento é a pior ou a melhor coisa do mundo; pura questão de temperamento.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/o-casamento-a-pior-ou-a-melhor-coisa-do-mundo-pura-quest-o-de/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“The next day, he read to me a freshly composed dirge in which the circumstances of his wife’s death and burial were commemorated. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/the-next-day-he-read-to-me-a-freshly-composed-dirge-in-which-the/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/the-conclusion-therefore-is-that-there-are-two-major-forces-in/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“Prometheus. The truth unknown to man is the madness of him who proclaims it. Proceed, and have done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/prometheus-the-truth-unknown-to-man-is-the-madness-of-him-who/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/to-him-the-stars-seemed-like-so-many-musical-notes-affixed-to-the-sky/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“...one of the roles of man is to shut his eyes and keep them shut to see if he can continue into the night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/one-of-the-roles-of-man-is-to-shut-his-eyes-and-keep-them-shut-to-see/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“Tijolos que pisei e repisei naquela tarde, colunas amareladas que me passastes à direita ou à esquerda, segundo eu ia ou vinha, em vós…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/tijolos-que-pisei-e-repisei-naquela-tarde-colunas-amareladas-que-me/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/out-of-the-sighs-of-one-generation-are-kneaded-the-hopes-of-the-next/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

> [“He had found in himself the perfect, undeniable case of insanity. He possessed wisdom, patience, tolerance, truthfulness, loyalty, and moral fortitude—all the qualities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machado-de-assis/he-had-found-in-himself-the-perfect-undeniable-case-of-insanity-he/)

[Machado de Assis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machado-de-assis/)

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