Explore Quotes by Jose Bergamin

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.