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There's a tiredness of abstract inteligence, and it's the most horrible of tirednesses. it doesn't weight on you like the tiredness of the body, nor does it worry you like the tiredness of knowledge and emotion. it's a weightiness of the conscience of the world, an inability of the soul to breathe.
-Fernando Pessoa
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There's A Tiredness Of Abstract Inteligence, And

Fernando Pessoa
There's a tiredness of abstract inteligence, and it's the most horrible of tirednesses. it doesn't weight on you like the tiredness of the body, nor does it worry you like the tiredness of knowledge and emotion. it's a weightiness of the conscience of the world, an inability of the soul to breathe.
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