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O Pintassilgo

by Donna Tartt

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“Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.”
― Leonard Woolf

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“Encheremos o mundo de coisas preciosas. Serão tantas que os homens passarão por elas julgando-as banais.”
― Afonso Cruz, Para Onde Vão Os Guarda-Chuvas

tags: inspirational, life, philosophy

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“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

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“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

tags: inspirational

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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

tags: forgiveness, strength, weakness

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