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The original is unfaithful to the translation.

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Reality is not always probable, or likely.

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The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things.

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Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

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My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.

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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.

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In general, every country has the language it deserves.

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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Poet

Born: August 24th, 1899

Died: June 14th, 1986

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