It is a rule of life that we can and must learn from everyone. There are serious matters in life to be learned from charlatans and bandits, there are philosophies to be gleaned from fools, real lessons of fortitude that come to us by chance and from those who depend on chance. Everything contains everything else. Fernando Pessoa
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More Quotes By Fernando Pessoa
  1. Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable.

  2. Those who understand will understand.

  3. Even in an empty room, we are never alone.

  4. What doesn't kill me provides writing material.

  5. The most successful people I know are also the most reliable.

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