“You can say the opposite of something you’ve said but you can’t do the opposite of something you’ve done.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Hypocrisy
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“An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“Theology is the logic of the Devil.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“The barometer that shows “variable” is an ironic indictment of God.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“Who learns most from a good book is the author.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Literature
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“The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Literature
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“In French literature, you can choose “à la carte”; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Literature
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“The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: War
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“The most original sin is not the thinker’s but the poet’s.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Poetry
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“Perhaps it’s more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Death
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“To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Youth
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“Happiness is always a coincidence.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Happiness
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“Art is good but it isn’t the best.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Art
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“Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Art
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“True art tries not to attract attention–in order to be noticed.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Art
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“When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Fear
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“When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Music
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“The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.”
José Bergamín
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Music
