7 Quotes & Sayings By Augusto Roa Bastos

Augusto Roa Bastos is a well-known Brazilian writer, essayist, historian, sociologist, and journalist. His books have been translated into more than ten languages. He is the author of fourteen books in different genres, including novels, short stories, essays, and books about Brazil. The most prolific of his works are Vidas Secas (1968), Doença de Marfan (1972), O Império do Silêncio (1985) and Moradias para o Exílio (1994).

It is not by believing but by doubting that one...
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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
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Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false. Augusto Roa Bastos
To write does not mean to convert the real into...
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To write does not mean to convert the real into words but to make the power of the word real. Augusto Roa Bastos
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Forms disappear, words remain, to signify the impossible. Augusto Roa Bastos
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The dictionary is an ossuary of empty words. Augusto Roa Bastos
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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