Aluísio Azevedo

Brazilian writer and diplomat (1857-1913).

Born April 14th, 1857 in São Luís. [ref]

Died January 21st, 1913 at 55 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Occupations
caricaturist, chronicler, diplomat, drawer, journalist, novelist, painter, playwright, short story writer, writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche