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Quotes About Assis

My living lords, there is nothing so immeasurable as the disdain of the dead.
~ Machado de Assis
Bacamarte evidenced neither vanity nor modesty; he listened in silence, as impassive as a stone god.
~ Machado de Assis
ei-lo aí fica privado da estima dos graves e do amor dos frívolos, que são as duas colunas máximas da opinião.
~ Machado de Assis
It was the embryo, lost before that point at which Laplace can be distinguished from a turtle.
~ Machado de Assis
Esse tinha muita austeridade e pureza; tais dotes, contudo, não realçavam um espírito superior, apenas compensavam um espírito medíocre.
~ Machado de Assis
This is the immoral reflection I intended to make, which is more obscure than immoral, because one does not quite understand what I mean.
~ Machado de Assis
frugality might indicate a certain tendency toward asceticism, which was the complete expression of human foolishness.
~ Machado de Assis