Mario Benedetti was a well-known writer and poet of Uruguayan origin who died on May 17, 2009.

During his lifetime he wrote more than 80 books, some of them so outstanding that they were translated into more than 20 languages. Some of his best known literary works include Primavera con una esquina rota (1982), La borra del café (1992) and Andamios (1996).

The best phrases of Mario Benedetti, the incredible Uruguayan poet

There are many phrases, thoughts and short poems that this great author left for the memory. E n this article you will find 105 memorable phrases of this enormous character .

1.The certainty of knowing I was capable of something better put me in the hands of procrastination, which in the end is a terrible and suicidal weapon

Sometimes it takes a little humility to stay on top of things.

2. Uncertainty is a daisy whose petals never stop leafing

A precious reflection by Mario Benedetti on uncertainty.

3. Don’t believe what they tell you about the world, I told you that the world is countless

You don’t have to listen to everything that’s being said out there, because it’s not always true.

4. A lawyer with a wallet can rob more than a thousand armed men

A fine irony by Benedetti that will make you think.

5. Some things from the past are gone but others open a gap to the future and are the ones I want to rescue

The bad experiences of the past are opportunities for the future.

6. You don’t have to promise anything because promises are horrible ties, and when you feel tied down, you tend to break free, that’s fatal

Words are carried away by the wind , what counts are the acts.

7. When I have worries, fears or a love story, I am lucky enough to be able to turn it into a poem

It is possible to express what we feel through words. That’s making poetry.

8. I also feel a slight resentment towards the corny, and to me it seems just that: to always walk with your heart in your hand

Corny can lead to rejection, the author says.

9. That the world and I really love you, but I always a little bit more than the world

Love makes a strong feeling of being with that special person blossom in us.

10. His lips were a necessary caress, how could he have lived until now without them

Another phrase about love and how a person’s lips are able to make us feel in paradise.

11. I have the horrible feeling that time passes and I do nothing and nothing happens, and nothing moves me to the root

One of the worst things that can happen to a human being is to lose the motivation to live.

12. I don’t know your name, I just know the look with which you tell me

There are looks that say it all without the need to say words.

13. There is less time than place, however, there are places that last a minute and for a certain time there is no place

There are places we’d miss a life and a half.

14. You hear footsteps of someone who never arrives

A nice line by Mario Benedetti about someone who doesn’t make it.

15. I never thought that in happiness there was so much sadness

Love can make us feel tremendously happy, however , that same feeling can make us enormously sad .

16. Love is a word, a little bit of utopia

Love makes us live a dream, a piece of fantasy.

17. In certain oases the desert is only a mirage

A reflection with a certain touch of irony that will make you think.

18. What one really wants is what is made for one; then one must take it, or try. You can lose your life in that, but it’s a much better life

When you have a passion in life, you have to fight for it.

19. Because you always exist everywhere, but you exist better where I want you

When that person comes into your life and is special to you, then you’re going to have to live with the obsession.

20. I like the wind, I don’t know why, but when I walk into the wind it seems to blow things away. I mean: things I want to erase

Bad experiences make you stronger, they are opportunities for growth.

21. I don’t know if God exists, but if he does, I know he won’t be bothered by my doubt

Doubt is something normal in human beings and, many times, it makes us reflect in search of the best solutions.

22. In this world so codified with the Internet and other navigations, I still prefer the old handcrafted kiss that has always communicated so much

The world 2.0 and new technologies have changed our society forever.

23. Everyone needs an accomplice sometime, someone to help them use their heart

People need to be in touch with others.

24. You don’t know how I value your simple courage to love me

Loving oneself requires courage, but it is certainly something we should all do.

25. There are three kinds of people here: those who work to kill themselves, those who should work, and those who should kill themselves.

There are different ways of perceiving and engaging in work.

26. Sometimes I feel unhappy for no particular reason

We can all go through periods when we don’t feel motivated.

27. There are few things as deafening as silence

Although loneliness is good from time to time, in the long run it makes us feel sad.

28. So we are, each one on his own shore, not hating each other, not loving each other, not caring for each other

A beautiful phrase that refers to two opposite situations.

29. Reality is a bundle of problems over which no one claims copyright

Problems arise day in and day out, so you have to solve them without losing your cool.

30. Do not tempt me, if we are tempted we cannot forget

Couple’s conflicts, in the long run, cause the relationship to erode.

31. I don’t know why, but today I missed you, I missed your presence

Forgetting is full of memory, and when you love someone, forgetting costs.

32. What I like most about you is that there will be no time to take it away

The things we like most about the other person are the things that take the longest to forget.

33. A confession: loneliness has stopped hurting me

People get used to everything, even loneliness.

34. Asking for forgiveness is humiliating and doesn’t fix anything. The solution is not to ask for forgiveness, but to avoid the outbursts that make excuses obligatory

This reflection is reminiscent of the phrase: “prevention is better than cure”.

35. More than kissing her, more than sleeping together, more than anything else, she held my hand and that was love

Love is shown by the acts of the other person, because it is what reaches our soul.

36. They said goodbye and in the goodbye was already the welcome

When we leave something behind, something new is within our reach.

37. It is clear that the best thing is not the caress itself, but its continuation

Caresses and kisses lead to something better, intimate relationships.

38. When we thought we had all the answers, suddenly all the questions changed

Problems arise and it is our task to solve them

39. She didn’t say anything. She liked him to tell her things, but she kept quiet. Only her hands and her eyes spoke and that was enough

In love, words abound . It is the acts that reach our souls that count.

40. If the heart gets tired of seeing, what is it good for?

The heart wants to feel and be intimate.

41. I like people who are able to understand that the greatest mistake of human beings is to try to get what comes from the heart out of their heads

When you have a passion or affection for another person, trying to avoid it hurts you a lot.

42. I know I will love you without questions, I know I will love you without answers

Love envelops us in such a way that our life is completely changed.

43. More than his eyes, his gaze. He looked as if he wanted to say something and not say it

Words don’t make as much sense as the non-verbal language of love.

44. I have left you thinking about many things, but I hope you will think a little about me

How to forget those good memories with the person you loved so much.45 The one who cheats is because he doesn’t have the courage to be honest

45. Honesty, come to me and even if you want to, I won’t let you leave me

Honesty is one of the best virtues of the human being and, moreover, it requires courage.

46. You can come and reclaim yourself as you were. Even if you are no longer you

When someone impacts you a lot, even if they have changed afterwards, the memory of how they were lasts.

47. It’s nice to know that you exist

When you find that special person, it’s one of the best feelings you can have.

48. Only the doubts that have a key will enter the reason

A sentence about reason that will make you think.

49. Maybe that’s what brought us together. Perhaps united is not the most appropriate word. I refer to the relentless hatred that each of us feels for our own face

A reflection by Mario Benedetti that may make you think

50. The truth is that I was unaware that I had in me those reserves of tenderness

Sometimes hidden feelings come out that we didn’t even know we had.

51. It’s funny how sometimes you can be so innocently cruel

And those feelings, sometimes, are not exactly positive feelings.

52. In reality, only the direction we take exists, which may have been no longer valid

The decisions we make are the ones that last. The “could have been…” is useless.

53. We are sadness, so joy is a feat

It is difficult to feel good in difficult times , but you have to be positive.

54. To have someone make you feel things without putting a finger on them, that’s admirable

It’s really magical when someone makes you feel on a cloud.

55. When hatred is on the loose, one loves in self-defense

When conflicts between two people manifest themselves, one becomes defensive.

56. I wait for you when night becomes day, sighs of hope already lost. I don’t think you’ll come, I know

Distance hurts, especially when the person you love is far away,

57. To defend joy as a trench, to defend it from scandal and routine, from misery and wretchedness, from transitory and definitive absences

Living in the obsession of being happy is a behavior that many people have.

58. Who would have thought, the weak really never give up

A prayer that speaks about weak people.

59. However, I still doubt this good luck, because the heaven of having you seems to me to be fantasy

Having that person you want with all your strength is something magical.

60. Melancholy: romantic way to be sad

The author states that melancholy and sadness go hand in hand

61. Childhood is sometimes a lost paradise. But other times it is a shitty hell

Childhood has great power in determining who we are.

62. If one knew what one has as clearly as one knows what one lacks

We tend to indulge in what we don’t have instead of valuing what we do have

63. Let’s get this straight. Where your mouth ends, mine begins

A phrase about love and people in love. You can enjoy more sentences of this type in our article: 100 sentences about love and romance (unforgettable)

64. And to be totally, completely, absolutely in love, one must be fully aware that one is also loved, that one also inspires love

One must love oneself in order to love others.

65. A river of sadness flows through my veins, but I have forgotten to cry

Sometimes the pain is carried inside, but it still hurts.

66. Of all those hands, his was the only one that transmitted life to me

The hands of that special person in your life make you feel alive or alive.

67. We all want what cannot be done, we are fanatics of the forbidden

We tend to want what we don’t have instead of valuing what we have already achieved.

68. I wait for you when we look at the night sky: you there, me here

Another reflection of the author on love and lovers.

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

The conjugation of the verb to love in ironic tones

70. I would like to look at everything from afar but with you

When you want someone, you want to spend all your time with that special person.

71. I would like to be me, but a little better

We are not perfect, but we must accept ourselves with our virtues and our defects.

72. Against optimism there are no vaccines

Optimism is a positive human virtue, as long as it is realistic.

73. Perfection is a polished correction of errors

There is no such thing as perfection , but we can be better after falling down several times.

74. If I dwell in your memory I will not be alone

The memory will lead you to have that person by your side again.

75. Dear, our marriage has not been a failure, but something much more horrible: a wasted success

Marriage is something special, but sometimes it can go wrong.

76. Death takes away everything that was not, but we keep what we had

Another sentence on the memory of the author Mario Benedetti

77. One of the most pleasant things in life: seeing the sun filter through the leaves

The sun is the most important star for us and gives us life

78. Every night I torture myself thinking about you

When you miss that special person, the night becomes hell.

79. Every time you fall in love, don’t explain anything to anyone, let love invade you without going into details

Love is a feeling that must be let out, otherwise it will torture us.

80. The plan outlined is absolute freedom. Get to know each other and see what happens, let time go by and check. There are no obstacles. There are no compromises

Mario Benedetti gives us a phrase that will make you think.

81. Let’s hope the waiting doesn’t wear out my dreams

Sometimes you have to wait, so be patient

82. Hates vivify and stimulate only if it is one who governs them; they destroy and mismatch when it is they who dominate

Hate is not a good option because it creates suffering in oneself.

83. I need not fall into the remote risk of needing you

Being emotionally dependent on someone is something that can happen but must be avoided.

84. When hell is others, paradise is not oneself

Sometimes we tend to blame others when we should be looking at ourselves.

85. You have all the conditions to contribute to my happiness, but I have very few to contribute to yours

Love can be unrequited and it is one who loses.

86. Notice that when he smiles, quotation marks form at each end of his mouth. That, his mouth, is my quote

When you fall in love with someone, you dream about any part of their body.

87. He might have loved me, one would know, but he had a special ability to hurt me

There are loves that are close and hurt in the soul.

88. There are few things as deafening as silence

Loneliness is one of the worst experiences a human being can go through.

89. And although I have not always understood my faults and failures, I know instead that in your arms the world has meaning

In the arms of the person you love, time seems to stand still.

90. After all, death is only a symptom of life

A sentence about death and life for you to reflect on

91. They explained that it was a cordial invitation for me to leave immediately

It can happen that someone doesn’t like you, because it is impossible for everyone to like you

92. The real division of social classes should be made by taking into account the time when each one throws himself out of bed

A phrase that refers to class struggle and class division.

93. Sentiments are as innocent as cutting weapons

Feelings and emotions can cause conflicts with other people.

94. A pessimist is only a well-informed optimist

Unbridled optimism can be just as bad as pessimism.

95. I’m always in a bad mood. I don’t know. As if I feel uncomfortable with myself

When one does not feel good about oneself, anger takes over.

96. It is almost a law, eternal loves, are the shortest

Eternal loves are the ones that arouse the most feelings and emotions.

97. I believe that life is a parenthesis between two swims. I’m an atheist. I believe in a personal god, which is consciousness, and that to which we are accountable every day

A reflection on religion and conscience.

98. It’s almost time for me to start working on my insomnia

When you love someone and you can’t be with that person, it’s hard to sleep.

99. Every time you fall in love don’t explain anything to anyone, let love invade you without going into details

Love is felt by yourself and other people may not understand it.

100. The new man must beware of two dangers: from the right when he is right-handed, from the left when he is left-handed

A phrase by Mario Benedetti with a certain tone of irony.

101. Ours is that undefined bond that now unites us

In that beautiful feeling called love, there is a very deep bond that unites the two lovers.

102. We are born sad and die sad but in between we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle

Even in bad times, love can make us very happy.

103. The butterfly will remember forever that it was a worm

The memory of the past is still alive after years, but it serves us to learn

104. Five minutes are enough to live a whole life, that’s how relative time is

In a matter of seconds life can change in a radical way.

105. Your eyes are my spell against the bad day

Even if the day was a disaster, love can save your day.

106. They believe in God only because they are unaware that God has long since stopped believing in them

One of the reflections with the sharp humor characteristic of this writer.

107. How many words, just to say that I don’t want to seem pathetic

Mario Benedetti focuses on the emotional side, the one that goes beyond reason.

108. I was bored with myself, with my own patience

Tiredness can have existentialist roots.

109. If you are or you are not, no matter what day

Many false dilemmas in reality depend on a question of approach .

110. Where your mouth ends, mine begins

One of Benedetti’s most romantic phrases.

111. What would you do in my place? – In your place I would have no problem

An easy solution full of humor in the face of all problems: not having them.

112. May pain not quench my anger, may joy not disarm my love

Extreme emotions, while apparently positive, have their downside.

113. It is good that you have the courage to be different and not succumb to unanimous power

Originality and authenticity are values to be claimed.

114. It is not eternity but the instant, which, after all, is its only true substitute

Moments also contain parts of eternity.

115.In my soul is a well, and in my blood is a castaway

In his works, Benedetti emphasizes the capacity that human beings have to be filled with experiences that give meaning to their lives.

116. Why do the palms of my hand have a more faithful memory than my memory?

Sometimes, personal history can leave visible testimonies in oneself .

117.In Latin American politics the thing is neither power nor desire but rather fuck

A scathing criticism of Latin American politics.

118. My style of loving is that one, a little reticent, reserving the maximum only for great occasions

Nice reflection on the need to prepare for good times.

119.Pain makes one overly receptive

A reflection on the psychological impact of the condition.

120. They suffer from the most horrible variant of loneliness: the loneliness of the one who does not even have himself

Losing oneself creates a feeling of helplessness that is hard to bear .