Through rational thought I can recognize that a man is a living being just like me, but for my true, involuntary self he has always had less importance than a tree, if the tree is more beautiful.
 Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982). copy citation

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Author Fernando Pessoa
Source The Book of Disquiet
Topic importance thoughts
Date 1982
Language English
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Note Translated by Richard Zenith
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