Dom Casmurro 114.12 · 114.12

Os prazos renovam-se

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Mas os prazos renovam-se, até que um dia uma ou duas virtudes medianas pagam todos os pecados grandes e pequenos.

But the deadlines renew themselves, until one day one or two mediocre virtues pay for all the great and small sins.

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The narrator reflects on how deadlines renew themselves until virtues pay for sins.

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The narrator reflects on how deadlines renew themselves until virtues pay for sins.

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