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> [...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary proofs or on the evidence of his own eyes, which is always overestimated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/it-is-a-very-risky-thing-for-anyone-to-go-about-proclaiming-the-truth/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

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## More by Jorge Amado

> [...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/it-is-a-very-risky-thing-for-anyone-to-go-about-proclaiming-the-truth/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“The devil has taken possession of everybody in Ilhéus. All they think about is money and bigness. They’re on the road to hell. Things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/the-devil-has-taken-possession-of-everybody-in-ilh-us-all-they-think/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [Life was good, one had only to live it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/life-was-good-one-had-only-to-live-it/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“Does truth lie in the everyday events, the daily incidents, in the pettiness and vulgarity most people’s lives are compounded of, or does the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/does-truth-lie-in-the-everyday-events-the-daily-incidents-in-the/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [He owned a whole world full of memories, of lovely moments relived and happy recollections. I'm not saying he was happy or that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/he-owned-a-whole-world-full-of-memories-of-lovely-moments-relived-and/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/i-am-a-writer-who-has-written-about-the-life-of-my-people-the/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [I believe that she has the kind of magic that causes revolutions and promotes great discoveries. There’s nothing I enjoy more than to observe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/i-believe-that-she-has-the-kind-of-magic-that-causes-revolutions-and/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [Night was running ahead of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/night-was-running-ahead-of-itself/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“A morte apaga, com sua mão de ausência, as manchas do passado e a memória do morto fulge como diamante”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/a-morte-apaga-com-sua-m-o-de-aus-ncia-as-manchas-do-passado-e-a-mem/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“Porque a revolução é uma pátria e uma família.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/porque-a-revolu-o-uma-p-tria-e-uma-fam-lia/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“He wanted her to be as well dressed as the richest lady in Ilhéus; fine clothes would erase her past and hide the stove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/he-wanted-her-to-be-as-well-dressed-as-the-richest-lady-in-ilh-us/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/the-world-is-like-that-incomprehensible-and-full-of-surprises/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [“Friends, we have a hero living among us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/friends-we-have-a-hero-living-among-us/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/the-best-translations-are-always-the-ones-in-the-language-the-author/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

> [I have already told you Father, more than once: I’m not going to subject myself to a husband chosen for me, I’m not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-amado/i-have-already-told-you-father-more-than-once-i-m-not-going-to/)

[Jorge Amado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-amado/)

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