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Augusto Roa Bastos quotes

Paraguayan Novelist June 13, 1917 – April 26, 2005

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Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the..."
Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another. Augusto Roa Bastos
The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to..."
It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words..."
What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them. Augusto Roa Bastos
The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to..."
To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. Augusto Roa Bastos
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them..."
Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words."
The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words. Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos quote: "Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible."
Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible. Augusto Roa Bastos

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