Cases Quote by Machado de Assis

“I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary – not reality, which is only a secondary consideration.”

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“Prometheus. The truth unknown to man is the madness of him who proclaims it. Proceed, and have done.”

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