261 Quotes by Argentinian authors

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Argentinian quotes braid streetwise wit with a tender melancholy, mixing lunfardo bite and philosophical detours. Voices from cafés and barrios sit beside gaucho stoicism and the labyrinths of Borges, where fate, memory, and identity circle like a bandoneón line. Expect self-deprecating humor, fierce dignity, and an appetite for rebellion honed by crisis. Between the ritual of mate and the hush of the pampas, words become both tango step and knife’s glint: intimate, restless, and stubbornly hopeful.

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"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun"

Evita Peron, Statesman

Evita Peron

"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success"

Lionel Messi, Athlete

Lionel Messi

"Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it"

Lionel Messi, Athlete

Lionel Messi

"When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas"

Evita Peron, Statesman

Evita Peron

"If something's important to you, you make time for it"

Mia Maestro, Actress

Mia Maestro

"God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy"

Pope Francis, Pope

Pope Francis

"The original is unfaithful to the translation"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life"

Diego Maradona, Athlete

Diego Maradona

"Writing is nothing more than a guided dream"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"Silence is argument carried out by other means"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"Democracy is an abuse of statistics"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows"

Evita Peron, Statesman

Evita Peron

"If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life"

Mia Maestro, Actress

Mia Maestro

"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity"

Julio Cortazar, Writer

"Reality is not always probable, or likely"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"I will return and I will be a million"

Evita Peron, Statesman

Evita Peron

"I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes"

Che Guevara, Revolutionary

Che Guevara

"When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God"

Luis Palau, Clergyman

Luis Palau

"The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"Time is my greatest enemy"

Evita Peron, Statesman

Evita Peron

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I only understand realism"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I allow my intuition to lead my path"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"Tardiness in literature can make me nervous"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

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