Nicolas Gomez Davila Quotes

• Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

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  Unique, Civilization, Violence

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• In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

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  Men, Media, Age

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• Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.

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  Wall, Freedom, Men

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• Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

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  Hierarchy, Hell, Equal

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• The Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins.

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  Church, Today, Sin

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• Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

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  Echoes, Public Opinion, Opinion

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• Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting.

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  Campaigns, Revolution, Election

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• History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.

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  Men, Tasks, Ability

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• The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style.

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  Ideas, Style, Fool

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• Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

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  Expression, Doe, Talent

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• The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

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  Promise, Religion, Answers

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• Truth is in history, but history is not the truth.

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  Truth Is

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• Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

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  Self Esteem, Succeed, Reason

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• The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them.

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  Spiritual, Ideas, Ties

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