Millôr Fernandes' best quotes
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Digress, always. · I've been watching and found that not everything is honey in the life of bees. · Brazil's history was written by the Portuguese. Hence the accent.. (Updated Dec 3, 2025.)
Brazil's sharpest humour in short lines, most of them from «Millôr Definitivo: A Bíblia do Caos» (1994), each with its book.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 12
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Digress, always.
Papáverum Millôr (1967); a pun on «devagar e sempre» (slow and steady).
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I've been watching and found that not everything is honey in the life of bees.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Brazil's history was written by the Portuguese. Hence the accent.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Brazil, country of the future. Always.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994), on Stefan Zweig's old motto.
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Blessed are the one-eyed, for they only see half.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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The only difference between madness and mental health is that the former is far more common.
O Livro Vermelho dos Pensamentos de Millôr.
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In the name of «coverage», some journalists would even enter Troy inside the Greeks' horse.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Football is the opium of the people. And media drug trafficking.
Millôr Definitivo: The Bible of Chaos (1994).
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Whoever kills time isn't a murderer. He's committing suicide.
30 Anos de Mim Mesmo.
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Noah's biggest mistake was not killing the two cockroaches that got on the ark.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Power is a reverse chameleon: everyone takes on its colour.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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I've seen people tired of love, of work, of politics. I've never met anyone sincerely tired of money.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Men are not equal. They're just made the same way.
A Bíblia do Caos (1994).
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Mummies are the balance of humanity.
Millôr Definitivo: The Bible of Chaos (1994).
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Brazil: proof that geography is not destiny.
Millôr Definitivo: The Bible of Chaos (1994).
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Faltaram «Brasil: a prova de que geografia não é destino», «As múmias são o saldo da humanidade» e «Futebol é o ópio do povo. E o narcotráfico da mídia».