Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Quotes

Insanity is a matter of degree.

insanity

There is only one genuine misfortune: not to be born.

life abortion

A life without fighting is a dead sea in the universal organism.

war

Absolute truth is incompatible with an advanced state of society.

truth

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

kindness