People From Bogota

"Philosophy's aim is not to paint new objects but to give their true color to familiar objects."

"Those who proclaim that the noble is despicable end up by proclaiming that the despicable is noble."

"Poetry is the fingerprint of God in human clay."

"Every solution seems trivial to the one who does not understand the problem."

"The cultured man has the obligation to be intolerant."

"The stupidity of an old man imagines itself to be wisdom; that of an adult, experience; that of a youth, genius."

"Stupid ideas are immortal. Each new generation invents them anew."

"He who speaks of his "generation" admits that he's part of a herd."

"For the myth of a past golden age, present day humanity substitutes the myth of a future plastic age."

"To be authentically modern is, in each and every age, a sign of mediocrity."

"Only the problems of his time seem important to the fool."

"Nations and individuals, with rare exceptions, comport themselves with decency only when circumstances permit no other choice."

"Many things seem defensible until we look at their defenders."

"Of God one doesn't speak with any precision or seriousness except in poetry."

"The imagination is the only place in the universe where it is possible to live."

"Optimism is never faith in progress, but hope for a miracle."

"The importance of an event is inversely proportional to the space which the newspapers devote to it."

"An individual declares himself a member of some group or other with the goal of demanding in its name what he is ashamed to claim in his own name."

"Politics is the pastime of empty souls."

"To have a dialog with those who do not share our basic premises is nothing more than a stupid way to kill time."

"Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it."

"Poetry has died, asphyxiated by metaphors."

"It is unjust to reproach the writers of today with bad taste, when the very notion of taste is dead."

"If we believe in God, we should not say "I believe in God," but "God believes in me.""

"It is easier to forgive certain dislikes than to share certain enthusiasms."

"The anger of imbeciles is less frightening than their benevolence."

"Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent."

"A cultivated soul is one where the din of the living does not drown out the music of the dead."

""To be useful to society" is the ambition, or excuse, of a prostitute."

"Whoever betrays us never forgives us for his act of betrayal."

"Every non-hierarchical society is divided in two."

"The modern world seems invincible. Like the extinct dinosaurs."

"Progress is hubris and nemesis fused together."

"To be intelligent without ideas is the privilege of the artist."

"There is nothing more common than transforming a duty which inconveniences us into an "ethical problem.""

"The enemies of myth are not the friends of reality but of triviality."

"The racist is annoyed because he secretly suspects that the races are equal. The anti-racist is annoyed because he secretly suspects that they are not."

"Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal."

"Imperatives, ethical or esthetic, should be negative. Positive imperatives increase imposture."

"The itch to be original is an affectation caused by a lack of talent."

"The liturgy can only be spoken definitively in Latin. In a vulgar tongue it is vulgar."

"The modern soul is a lunar landscape."

"Julio, in those libraries of death study the bodies of those bones—an assured evil; and learn from those characters that they form the abecedary of death!"

"En tantas de la muerte liberias, Los cuerpos de esos huesos mal seguro Estudia Julio, y en su letra advierte, que son abecedarios de la muerte!"

"Q: I have read that you also, at least sometimes, had a chain around your neck, and you were tied to a tree?"

"… and the art was in every corner and wall… a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember…"

"…Young Colombia Santiago Martínez made a mural in the 3rd pavilion showing much talent, He is a student at the academy of fine arts in Chicago, and a great candidate to come to our lectures."

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"Only give me your word that if I increase your paper's circulation you'll give me a job” (1925))."

"I am not my self, I am the result of all my ancestors."