There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

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...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

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...

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.

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...

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the...

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the...

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...

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,...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

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...

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

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...

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.

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

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

Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.

Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.