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Fernando Pessoa Quotes about Pain

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There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Sailing, Ships

My joy is as painful as my pain.

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Joy, Painful
"The Book of Disquiet". Book by Fernando Pessoa (1982). Translated by Richard Zenith, p. 100, 2006.

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Giving, Weakness

The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels.

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Poetry, Feels

I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be the object of someone’s affection. This need has always been a hunger that went unsatisfied, and so thoroughly have I adapted to this inevitable hunger that I sometimes wonder if I really feel the need to eat. Whatever be the case, life pains me.

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Needs, Affection

Isn't joyful or painful this pain in which I rejoice

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Painful, Joyful

For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain.

Fernando Pessoa
Pain, Pride, Suffering
"The Book of Disquiet". Book by Fernando Pessoa (1982). Translated by Richard Zenith, p. 253, 2006.

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