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I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.

I sometimes think that I enjoy suffering. But the truth is I would prefer something else.

Fernando Pessoa
Thinking, Suffering, Sometimes
Fernando Pessoa (2010). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.190, Profile Books

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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