# Eça de Queirós's best quotes

From As Farpas to The Maias, The Crime of Father Amaro and The City and the Mountains: Eça de Queirós's irony in short lines, each with the work it comes from.

- 8 votes · 13 items
- Nov 10, 2019 · Diego Moreira
- https://even.best/en/l/4524/eca-de-queiros-s-best-quotes

## Top 13

1. **Heaven and hell are notions for the use of the common people.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Mandarin, chapter I.
2. **Laughter is a philosophy. Laughter is often a salvation. And in constitutional politics, at least, laughter is an opinion.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — As Farpas, first issue, May 1871.
3. **Nothing is harder than being clear and brief: it takes genius.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Crime of Father Amaro.
4. **Misery of the Body, torment of the Will, weariness of the Mind – that is Life!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The City and the Mountains.
5. **There is nothing new under the Sun, and the eternal repetition of things is the eternal repetition of ills.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The City and the Mountains.
6. **Deep down we're all fado singers: what we like is plonk, guitars and a good brawl, and long live the old pal.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The Maias, Book I, chapter X.
7. **Politicians all have the same politics.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — As Farpas, May 1871.
8. **To teach, there is one little formality to fulfil – knowing.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Notas Contemporâneas.
9. **With the taxman you always pay and never argue, because naturally afterwards you'd have to pay more.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Uma Campanha Alegre (As Farpas), 'The taxman in the provinces'.
10. **What merit is there in loving those who love us?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Death of Jesus, in Prosas Bárbaras.
11. **Man, what have you done with your soul?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Kite, in Prosas Bárbaras.
12. **I have no history; I am like the Republic of the Valley of Andorra.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Correspondence.
13. **The world's tongues are venomous.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Crime of Father Amaro.

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