The punishment of the idealist consists in the triumph of his cause.
Quotes from Escolios a un Texto Implicito — Nicolás Gómez Dávila
1913–1994 Colombia
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All literature is contemporary to the reader who knows how to read.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Agricultural prosperity ennobles; industrial prosperity vulgarizes.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
He who speaks of his "generation" admits that he's part of a herd.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
The anger of imbeciles is less frightening than their benevolence.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Civilization seems to be the invention of a species now extinct.
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To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist.
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The study of myths belongs to metaphysics, not to psychology.
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Many things seem defensible until we look at their defenders.
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A happy existence is as much of a model as a virtuous one.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Excess of politeness paralyzes; the lack of it brutalizes.
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The individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Vulgarity consists in pretending to be what we are not.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Imitation, in the arts, is less harmful than rules.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Intellectual vulgarity attracts voters like flies.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Progress is hubris and nemesis fused together.
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To refuse to wonder is the mark of the beast.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
Poetry has died, asphyxiated by metaphors.
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Adaptation to to the modern world requires sclerosis of sensibility and degradation of character.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
I distrust every idea that doesn't seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nicolás Gómez Dávila (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.