“ Just as adults often recognize in children a quick-wittedness they don’t have, so the smilers recognize in us, who are devoted to dreaming and expressing, something different that makes them suspicious, just because it’s unfamiliar. I like to think that the smartest among them sometimes detect our superiority, and then smile in a superior way to hide the fact. ”
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982). copy citation
| Author | Fernando Pessoa |
|---|---|
| Source | The Book of Disquiet |
| Topic | superiority hiding |
| Date | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Richard Zenith |
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