“ One man spends his life earning and saving up money, although he has no children to leave it to nor any hope that some heaven might reserve him a transcendent portion. Another man strives to gain posthumous fame without believing in an afterlife that would give him knowledge of that fame. Yet another wears himself out in pursuit of things he doesn’t really care for. ”
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982). copy citation
Author | Fernando Pessoa |
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Source | The Book of Disquiet |
Topic | afterlife fame |
Date | 1982 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Richard Zenith |
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