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Walking Alone

Today’s quote is credited to Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer-activist who led India to independence through nonviolence:

It’s better to walk alone than with uma multidão a ir na direção errada.a crowd going in the wrong direction.

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É melhor andar sozinho do que com uma multidão a ir na direção errada.

It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

💬 Today's vocabulary

👌 Melhor: Better🕴️ Sozinho [masc. adjective]: Alone👪 Multidão [femin. noun]: Crowd↗️ Direção [femin. noun]: Direction Errada [femin. adjective]: Wrong

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Written for level A2. Every story has its own, anywhere from A1 to B2.

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