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
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To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.
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The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.
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All true tradition usually appears revolutionary.
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Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.
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Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned.
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True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.
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In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.
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Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.
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There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
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A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.
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A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
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Theology is the logic of the Devil.
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You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.
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What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.