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“...pessoas grandes [...] adoram os números. [...] Se dizemos às pessoas grandes: " Vi uma bela casa de tijolos cor-de-rosa, gerânios na janela, pombas no telhado...", elas não conseguem, de modo algum, fazer uma ideia da casa. É preciso dizer-lhes: "Vi uma casa de seiscentos mil reais." Então elas exclamam: "Que beleza!”

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