Coherence Quote by Jose Saramago

“we would understand much more about life’s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead of wasting time on identities and coherences, seeing as these have a duty to provide their own explanations.”

Jose Saramago

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

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

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