# Mario Benedetti's most famous quotes (with sources)

"A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist", peace as accepting the difference of others and childhood as pure life: the most quoted lines of Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti, from The Truce, Rincón de haikus and his poems.

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- Jul 14, 2021 · Álvaro Franco
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## Top 12

1. **There are few things as deafening as silence.** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Rincón de haikus (1999).
2. **You do not always do what you want, but you have the right not to do what you do not want.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Poem "Hombre preso que mira a su hijo".
3. **Don't go believing what they tell you about the world (not even what I'm telling you now); I told you the world cannot be told.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Inventario dos: poems 1986-1991.
4. **In every romance there is one mouth that kisses and another that is kissed; in love it is virtuous to be faithful, but not fanatical.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Rincón de haikus (1999).
5. **A pessimist is just a well-informed optimist.** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Rincón de haikus (1999).
6. **If there were a God, no one would pray to him, so as not to bore him.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rincón de haikus (1999).
7. **Childhood is just that: pure life.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Truce (1960).
8. **Peace is accepting the difference of the other.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Hasta aquí (1974).
9. **Death is a tedious experience; for others, above all for others.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Truce (1960).
10. **The worst thing about an echo is that it says the same nonsense.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Rincón de haikus (1999).
11. **Even if we forget to forget, memory will surely forget us.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Acordes cotidianos.
12. **Every time you fall in love, explain nothing to anyone; let love invade you without going into details.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "Viñetas de mi viñedo".

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