We are all pretending to be what we might be if we weren't o... - Fernando Pessoa

"We are all pretending to be what we might be if we weren't ourselves."

Fernando Pessoa Truth

Poet Portuguese 1888–1935

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"I am not I; I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see."

"To be great, be whole; exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you."

"The worst prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."

"I love without knowing how, or what, or even if I exist."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."