“There he is, bent over the page, with a monocle in his right eye, wholly devoted to the noble but rugged task of ferreting out the error. He has already promised himself to write a little monograph in which he… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance. There must be one – everything depends on the circumstances, a rule applicable as much to… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“Cotrim, who was present, said: “Those came who had a genuine interest in you and in us. The eighty would have come only as… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“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...” — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“…like the horse in the old ballads, which Romanticism found in the medieval castle and left in the streets of our own century. The… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“(...) a pior filosofia é a do choramingas que se deita à margem do rio para o fim de lastimar o curso incessante das… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“O casamento é a pior ou a melhor coisa do mundo; pura questão de temperamento.” — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“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… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“Prometheus. The truth unknown to man is the madness of him who proclaims it. Proceed, and have done.” — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“...one of the roles of man is to shut his eyes and keep them shut to see if he can continue into the night… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“Tijolos que pisei e repisei naquela tarde, colunas amareladas que me passastes à direita ou à esquerda, segundo eu ia ou vinha, em vós… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next. — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
“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… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
