A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Quote by Jose Bergamin

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An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is...

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is...

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains...

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains...

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only...

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only...

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing...

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing...

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make...

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make...

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk...

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk...

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of...

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of...

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who...

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who...

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite...

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite...

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a...

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a...

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes...

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes...

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the...

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the...