To live is to feel oneself lost.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

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...

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...

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...

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.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of...

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

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...

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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.