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title: "1 Knife Fight Quotes By Camilo José Cela"
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> [“I'm not made to philosophize, I don't have the heart for it. My heart is more like a machine for making blood to be spilled in a knife fight...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/i-m-not-made-to-philosophize-i-don-t-have-the-heart-for-it-my-heart/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

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## More by Camilo José Cela

> [“Yo sigo clasificando a la humanidad —para mi uso, que es el que me importa, y que Dios me perdone— en amigos e hijos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/yo-sigo-clasificando-a-la-humanidad-para-mi-uso-que-es-el-que-me/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [“El que reciste, gana.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/el-que-reciste-gana/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. \[Sp., Yo, senor, no soy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/i-am-not-sir-a-bad-person-though-in-truth-i-am-not-lacking-in-reasons/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/literature-is-the-denunciation-of-the-times-in-which-one-lives/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [“I'm not made to philosophize, I don't have the heart for it. My heart is more like a machine for making blood to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/i-m-not-made-to-philosophize-i-don-t-have-the-heart-for-it-my-heart/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [“On the hinder slope of the hill two little goatherds are tending a flock of goats; one of them is sitting on a rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/on-the-hinder-slope-of-the-hill-two-little-goatherds-are-tending-a/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/there-are-two-kinds-of-man-the-ones-who-make-history-and-the-ones-who/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/ideas-my-head-is-full-of-them-one-after-the-other-but-they-serve-no/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/when-debts-are-not-paid-because-they-cannot-be-paid-the-best-thing-to/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [“El que resiste, gana”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/el-que-resiste-gana/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from the gods which we Spaniards take for granted. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/it-is-not-difficult-to-write-in-spanish-the-spanish-language-is-a/)

[Camilo Jose Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [ “Que no hay peor odio que el de la misma sangre, \[...\], porque a nadie se odia más con más intensos bríos que a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/que-no-hay-peor-odio-que-el-de-la-misma-sangre-porque-a-nadie-se-odia/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

> [“Yo, señor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarían motivos para serlo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilo-jos-cela/yo-se-or-no-soy-malo-aunque-no-me-faltar-an-motivos-para-serlo/)

[Camilo José Cela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilo-jos-cela/)

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