Beauty & Order

“Modern “Eastern spirituality,” like the Eastern art of the last centuries, is merchandise from a bazaar.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Each new generation criticizes the previous one, only to commit, in analogous circumstances, the opposite mistake.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Courtesy is not incompatible with anything.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Rudeness is not a proof of authenticity, but of bad manners.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Where gestures lack style, ethics itself becomes debased.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“To punish an idea, the gods condemn it to inspiring enthusiasm in the fool.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

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“The cultured man has the obligation to be intolerant.”

Nicolas Gomez Davila

“To be unaware of the putrefaction of the modern world is a symptom of contagion by it.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“He who accepts the rank which nature assigns him does not turn into the mere absence of what he is not.
Even the most modest thing has, in its proper place, immeasurable worth.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“The genuine reader is the one who reads for pleasure the books that others only study” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“There is an illiteracy of the soul that no diploma cures” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“The itch to be original is an affectation caused by a lack of talent.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“Vulgarity consists in pretending to be what we are not.” Nicolas Gomez Davila

“The punishment of the idealist consists in the triumph of his cause.” Nicolas Gomez Davila