The Unseen in Us
How much of our personality is really shaped by our past? Let's dive into a thought-provoking quote from Fredrik Backman's book "A Man Called Ove."
They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, nunca seríamos capazes de nos aturar a nós próprios.we’d never be able to put up with ourselves.
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Dizem que a personalidade de uma pessoa é a soma das suas experiências. Mas isso não é verdade, pelo menos não totalmente, porque se o nosso passado fosse tudo o que nos definisse, nunca seríamos capazes de nos aturar a nós próprios.They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves.
✨ Today's vocabulary
😊 Personalidade [femin. noun]: Personality➕ Soma [femin. noun]: Sum📉 Pelo menos: At least💯 Totalmente: Totally⏳ Passado [masc. noun]: Past💪 Capaz [masc. and femin. adjective]: Capable😤 Aturar: To put up with
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