25 Phrases Of The Wonderful Mario Benedetti

The extensive and wonderful work that the fantastic Mario Benedetti bequeathed us is a direct stairway to our dreams. With his words, the Uruguayan writer lifts us to a world of understanding and longing that makes us sigh thanks to his great sensitivity.

His work not only marked a before and after in Ibero-American literature. A member of the so-called generation of 94, Benedetti is today that universal author to whom it is always comforting to return to remember or come closer to discover. His essays, poems, stories and plays contain the essence of a cultured man who knew above all else, appreciate life.

Few writers have given us, for example, wiser lessons about love. He spoke to us of grief, of passions that hurt, of unrequited love, and of that love that ennobles and makes everything worthwhile. Likewise, we cannot forget the committed Benedetti, the one who never wanted to put aside the realities of his people and his people.

In this article we leave you 25 spectacular phrases by Mario Benedetti that are a pleasure for our senses and our hearts. They are legacies to  reflect on and also to internalize. 

Unforgettable phrases by Mario Benedetti

1. “Do not tempt me that if we are tempted we will not be able to forget.”

2. “But, ultimately, what is Lo Nuestro? For now, at least, it is a kind of complicity in front of others, a shared secret, a unilateral pact. Naturally, this is not an adventure, not a program or – least of all – a courtship. However, it is more than just friendship. The worst (or best?) Is that she is very comfortable in this lack of definition. He speaks to me with complete confidence, with all humor, I think even with affection ”.

3. “When we thought we had all the answers, suddenly all the questions changed.”

4. ” The butterfly will remember forever that it was a worm. “

5. “After all, death is just a symptom that there was life.”

6. “Only doubts that have a key will enter reason.”

7. “The new man must take care of two dangers: on the right when he is right-handed, on the left when he is left.”

8. “Don’t believe what they tell you about the world (not even what I’m telling you) I already told you that the world is uncountable.”

9. “Who would have guessed, the weak really never give up.”

10. ” There are few things as deafening as silence.”

11. “I would like to look at everything from afar but with you.”

12. “Don’t give up, please don’t give in, even if the cold burns, even if fear bites, even if the sun hides, and the wind is silent, there is still fire in your soul, there is still life in your dreams. Because life is yours and your desire is also yours, because every day is a new beginning, because this is the time and the best moment, because you are not alone, because I love you! “

13. “ I like people who vibrate, that you don’t have to push them, that you don’t have to tell them to do things, but rather know what to do and what to do. People who cultivate their dreams until those dreams take over their own reality ”.

14. “I like people capable of understanding that the biggest mistake of human beings is trying to get out of their heads what does not come from their hearts.”

15. “We resign ourselves to the unique and happy moment. We prefer to lose it, let it go by without even making the reasonable attempt to grab it. We prefer to lose everything, rather than admit that it is the only possibility and that this possibility is only a minute and not a long, impeccable existence ”.

16. “I love, you love, he loves, we love, you love, they love. I wish it were not conjugation but reality ”.

17. ” Five minutes are enough to dream a lifetime, that’s how relative time is.”

18. “I never thought that in happiness there was so much sadness.”

19. “What good insomnia if I stay awake on your body.”

20. “My strategy is that one day, I don’t know how, nor do I know on what pretext you finally need me.”

21. “Glory does not consist in never falling, but rather in getting up as many times as necessary.”

22. “ Love is not repetition. Each act of love is a cycle in itself, a closed orbit in its own ritual. It is, how could I explain, a fist of life”.

23. “Perfection is a polished collection of mistakes.”

24. “If the heart gets bored of wanting, what is it for?”

25. “If you knew what you have, as clearly as you know what you lack!”

These 25 phrases are authentic life lessons from Mario Benedetti. Thoughts embodied in beautiful words that invite us to reflect and also to learn.