Quotes About Machado de Assis

Nothing could have been more imprudent or more natural than this reply. It reflected the ecstasy inspired by great crises.

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

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

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.