Tedium is the worst disease in schools, the corrupting tedium that comes equally from monotony, work or leisure.
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| Birth: | 12th April, 1863 |
| Death: | 25th December, 1895 |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
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Pompeia was born in 1863, to Antônio d'Ávila Pompeia and Rosa Teixeira Pompeia. As a young man, he entered the Colégio Abílio, run by the Baron of Macaúbas, Abílio César Borges, where he was a good student, and the editor of school journal O Archote. In 1879, he was transferred to Colégio Pedro II, where he wrote his first book, Uma Tragédia no Amazonas.
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