O Diabo, invejoso, fez o homem confundir fé com religião e amor com casamento. - Machado de Assis
A man's eye serves as a photography to the invisible, as well as his ear serves as echo to the silence. - Machado de Assis
I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary – not reality, which is only a secondary consideration. - Machado de Assis
Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes. - Machado de Assis