Marco Denevi

thumb|200 px|Marco Denevi Marco Denevi (May 12, 1922 in Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine award-winning author of novels and short stories, as well as a lawyer and journalist. Quotes Falsificaciones (1977) A menudo un dictador es un revolucionario que hizo carrera. A menudo un revolucionario es un burgués que no la hizo. Translation: A dictator is often a revolutionary who has made a name for himself. A revolutionary is often a bourgeois who hasn't. El imán humilla al hierro. Es una teoría sobre el amor. Translation: Magnets humiliate iron. It's a theory about love. Mi culpa marcha tan lenta que siempre la alcanzan el perdón y el olvido. Translation: My guilt walks so slowly that forgiveness and oblivion always catch up with it. Moraleja de todas las fábulas: el hombre es un animal. Translation: The moral of all fables: Man is an animal. External links Obituary on literatura.org (Spanish language) Translation of short story in The Cafe Irreal Category:Journalists from Argentina Category:Lawyers from Argentina Category:Novelists from Argentina Category:Short story writers from Argentina Category:People from Buenos Aires Category:1998 deaths