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

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.

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...

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.

To live is to feel oneself lost

To live is to feel oneself lost

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...

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...

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that...

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that...

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.