There are no vaccines against optimism.
quote by Mario Benedetti, translated by Dan Costinaş
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the butterfly
will remember forever
that she was a worm
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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a pessimist is
nothing but an optimist
very well informed
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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the worst for echo
is always repeating the
same stupidities
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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fruitless of thinking
about what we used to be
when we are away
haiku by Mario Benedetti from New Haikus' Corner (Nuevo Rincón de Haikus) (2008), translated by Dan Costinaş
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When I shut my eyes
then open them everything
has already changed
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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blockade / alzheimer /
hiroshima / nato / aids /
it wasn't a good century
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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what is learned and what
is taught in the double bed
are wholly priceless
haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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I don't know if I am a sad person with a vocation to be happy, or vice versa, or the other way round. What I do know is that there is always some sadness in my happiest moments, just as there is always a little joy in my worst days.
quote by Mario Benedetti
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