“Eu sei que vossa excelência preferia uma delicada mentira; mas eu não conheço nada mais delicado que a verdade.”
Book:Contos Fluminenses
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Contos Fluminenses
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Machado de Assis
Brazilian novelist, considered one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language. His works deeply reveal the contradictions and conflicts of Brazilian society, and have had a profound impact on literature both in Brazil and around the world. more
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