“ 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 |
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Source | The Book of Disquiet |
Topic | superiority hiding |
Date | 1982 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Richard Zenith |
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