Quotes About Machado

My living lords, there is nothing so immeasurable as the disdain of the dead.

Bacamarte evidenced neither vanity nor modesty; he listened in silence, as impassive as a stone god.

ei-lo aí fica privado da estima dos graves e do amor dos frívolos, que são as duas colunas máximas da opinião.

It was the embryo, lost before that point at which Laplace can be distinguished from a turtle.

Esse tinha muita austeridade e pureza; tais dotes, contudo, não realçavam um espírito superior, apenas compensavam um espírito medíocre.

This is the immoral reflection I intended to make, which is more obscure than immoral, because one does not quite understand what I mean.

frugality might indicate a certain tendency toward asceticism, which was the complete expression of human foolishness.

Sólo recuerdo la emoción de las cosas, y se me olvida todo lo demás; muchas son las lagunas de mi memoria.