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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 modernist thirst for originality makes the mediocre artist believe that the secret of originality consists simply in being different.
Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)
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)
Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)
If we believe in God, we should not say "I believe in God," but "God believes in me."
Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)