A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a...

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a...

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of...

The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when...

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when...

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new...

Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new...

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...