“The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness.” MenJusticePrinciplesCrimeNeededGuiltyFiringSquadHangman Author:Augusto Roa Bastos
“The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.” MenRememberChangeMemoriesForgetHe ManThings ChangeGood Memories Author:Augusto Roa Bastos
“Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate.” KnowsMenHas BeensMightKnow HowSeeingGenerationsIdiotImitationCopyingImitatingGrasshoppers Author:Augusto Roa Bastos
“In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.” MenStatesMomentsHumanityFoundNationsExceptionalDeficiencyDecadenceNigeria Independence Author:Augusto Roa Bastos
