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Nicolás Gómez Dávila on Wedding

1913–1994 Colombia

← All quotes by Nicolás Gómez Dávila

5 quotes

Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Modern man does not love, but seeks refuge in love; does not hope, but seeks refuge in hope; does not believe, but seeks refuge in a dogma.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

Every marriage of an intellectual with the communist party ends in adultery.

Escolios a un Texto Implicito (1977)

The writer who loves or hates is less persuasive than the one who loves and hates.

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)

Attribution

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