All Jose Bergamin Quotes
The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
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The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.
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Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.
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To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.
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You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.
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When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.
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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.
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True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.
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To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
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There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
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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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Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
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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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Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?
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