Jose Bergamin
Jose Bergamin
José Bergamín Gutiérrezwas a Spanish writer, essayist, poet, and playwright. His father served as president of the canton of Málaga; his mother was a Catholic. Bergamín was influenced by both politics and religion and attempted to reconcile Communism and Catholicism throughout his life, remarking "I would die supporting the Communists, but no further than that."...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionWriter
CountrySpain
american-athlete merciful perhaps
Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them.
reason reasonable
What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.
opposites done said
You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.
matter interest one-thing
Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.
spiritual drinking damage
Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.
way ifs
Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.
ignorance innocence forgotten
Ignorance is learned; innocence is forgotten.
hope escaping age
To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.
revolutionary tradition
All true tradition usually appears revolutionary.
order agree
Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?
ignorance catholic christ
An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics.
art effort simultaneous
Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
knows reformers
A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
civilization weight different
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.