Quotes by : Machado de Assis

Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that....

The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance.....

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the....

Nothing could have been more imprudent or more natural than this reply. It reflected the ecstasy inspired....

He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting....

I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality,....

,,,we forget our good actions only slowly, and in fact never truly forget them.

Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick....

he best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance.....

Some actions are even baser than the people who commit them.