Adolfo Bioy Casares Quotes

A doctor is the conjunction of a white coat, a stethoscope, and a jargon.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Life's hard. To be in peace with oneself, one must speak the truth. To be in peace with others, one must lie.

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Life is a game of chess and you never really know when you are winning or losing.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Women are the tax we pay on pleasure.

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There comes a moment in your life when, no matter what you do, you bore everybody else. There is only one way to get back the lost prestige. Dying.

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Everything is sad and ridiculous in old age. Even the fear of death.

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Even more so than when we are awake, we are ourselves when we are asleep. We play all the parts.

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Revolution: Political movement which gets many peoples hopes up, lets even more people down, makes almost everybody uncomfortable, and a few, extraordinarily rich. It is widely held in high regard.

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The world attributes its misfortunes to the schemes and plottings of the very evil and powerful. I think stupidity is underestimated.

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Even the wolf has its moments of weakness, in which it sides with the lamb and thinks: I hope it runs away.

Adolfo Bioy Casares