Alberto CaeiroThings don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning of things.
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Things don't have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning of things. The paradox is that we can make things more significant than they really are. We can make them seem more important than they really are, by building a house on a hill, for example.
Source: The Keeper Of Sheep
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