Character Quote by José Saramago

““Virtue, should there be anyone who still ignores the fact, always finds pitfalls on the extremely difficult path of perfection, but sin and vice are so favoured by fortune...””

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“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a…

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It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best…

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One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

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I am not a prophet.

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With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of…

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“Al día siguiente no murió nadie.”

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“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há…

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In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.

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“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be…

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“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into…

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I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

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...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless…

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