Quote by Nicolás Gómez Dávila Download Open image ““A simple fit of impatience often soon bridges the distance between utopia and murder.”” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Modern man’s misfortune lies not in having to live a mediocre life, but in believing that he could live one that is not mediocre.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The liberation promised by every invention ends with the growing submission of the man who adopts it to the man who manufactures it.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Revolution is progressivist and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance. The revolutionary is a potential government official;… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Rather than humanizing technology, modern man prefers to technify man.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against a positive… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“The most ominous of modern perversions is the shame of appearing naïve if we do not flirt with evil. (La más ominosa de las… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“When nothing in society deserves respect, we should fashion for ourselves in solitude new silent loyalties.” — Nicólas Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Truths are not relative. What is relative are opinions about truth.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image