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“Men of action are the involuntary slaves of the men of reason. The worth of things depends on their interpretation. Certain men make things which other men invest with meaning, bringing them to life.”
— Oct 12, 2026 12:22PM
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“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Collective thought is stupid because it’s collective. Nothing passes into the realm of the collective without leaving at the border – like a toll – most of the intelligence it contained.”
— Oct 11, 2026 06:39AM
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Every sentence in this book manages to be quote-worthy. And it’s so rare I see myself in a character but it feels like the narrator thought what I think, with the only difference being his ability to put his thoughts into the right words. Formidable is the lightest way to describe this 😅
— Oct 09, 2026 04:38AM
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Haven’t had much time to read but oh this book 😩🥺 can already tell it’s going to be one of my new favorites ever
— Oct 08, 2026 01:02AM
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“For those few like me who live without knowing how to have life, what’s left but renunciation as our way and contemplation as our destiny?”
Omg this book is about to get meeeee 😩
— Oct 07, 2026 01:24AM
Omg this book is about to get meeeee 😩
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Oct 12, 2026 01:10PM
This is an acute observation from Pessoa. Actually right now I am reading a book exactly about that (Trust, from Hernan Diaz). The power to bring some ideas to fruition at a large scale is usually in a few hands. Fortunately, modern times have brought us crowdfunding, democratizing access to funds, hence mitigating that involuntary act of "enslavement".
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