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Quotes from Escolios a un Texto Implicito — Nicolás Gómez Dávila

1913–1994 Colombia

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Whoever betrays us never forgives us for his act of betrayal.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Ritual is an instrument of the sacred. Every innovation is a profanation.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The authenticity of the feeling depends on the clarity of the thought.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

All epochs exhibit the same vices, but not all show the same virtues. In every age there are hovels, but only in some are there palaces.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The modern world seems invincible. Like the extinct dinosaurs.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Love of the people is an aristocratic calling. The democrat only loves the people at election time.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Perfection is the point where what we can do and what we want to do coincide with what we ought to do.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Egalitarian ideas distort our perception of the present and, in addition, mutilate our vision of the past.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Democratic parliaments are not places where debate occurs but where popular absolutism registers its edicts.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport themselves with decency only when circumstances permit no other choice.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The Church founders without the ballast of "average Christians."

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The modern soul is a lunar landscape.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Imperatives, ethical or esthetic, should be negative. Positive imperatives increase imposture.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Ideas of the left give birth to revolutions. Revolutions give birth to ideas of the right.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The liturgy can only be spoken definitively in Latin. In a vulgar tongue it is vulgar.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

History is a series of nights and days. Short days and protracted nights.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Stupid ideas are immortal. Each new generation invents them anew.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The racist is annoyed because he secretly suspects that the races are equal. The anti-racist is annoyed because he secretly suspects that they are not.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nicolás Gómez Dávila (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.