Nicolás Gómez Dávila quotes - page 3

There are not a few French historians who think that the history of the world is an episode in the history of France. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)
Civilization seems to be the invention of a species now extinct. View quote
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The punishment of the idealist consists in the triumph of his cause. View quote
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Those who proclaim that the noble is despicable end up by proclaiming that the despicable is noble. View quote
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The stupidity of an old man imagines itself to be wisdom; that of an adult, experience; that of a youth, genius. View quote
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For the myth of a past golden age, present day humanity substitutes the myth of a future plastic age. View quote
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Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport themselves with decency only when circumstances permit no other choice. View quote
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An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name. View quote
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Poetry has died, asphyxiated by metaphors. View quote
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It is easier to forgive certain dislikes than to share certain enthusiasms. View quote
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A cultivated soul is one where the din of the living does not drown out the music of the dead. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)
Every non-hierarchical society is divided in two. View quote
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To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist. View quote
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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. View quote
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The itch to be original is an affectation caused by a lack of talent. View quote
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In the idiom of modern architecture nothing complicated can be said. View quote
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Ideas of the left give birth to revolutions. Revolutions give birth to ideas of the right. View quote
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Agricultural prosperity ennobles; industrial prosperity vulgarizes. View quote
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Excess of politeness paralyzes; the lack of it brutalizes. View quote
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No public cause deserves the unlimited allegiance of an intelligent man. View quote
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God prefers an uncircumcised heart to a castrated mind. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)
Dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies. View quote
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