An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

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...

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved,...

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved,...

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

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.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

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 distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

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...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...