Quotes by Jose Bergamin

About Jose Bergamin:

José Bergamín Gutiérrez was a Spanish writer, essayist, poet, and playwright. His father served as president of the canton of Málaga; his mother was a Catholic. Bergamín was influenced by both politics and religion and attempted to reconcile Communism and Catholicism throughout his life, remarking "I would die supporting the Communists, but no further than that."
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Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Jose Bergamin

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

Jose Bergamin

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

Jose Bergamin

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Jose Bergamin

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

Jose Bergamin

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

Jose Bergamin

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

Jose Bergamin

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Jose Bergamin

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

Jose Bergamin

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

Jose Bergamin

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Jose Bergamin

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

Jose Bergamin

Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them.

Jose Bergamin

Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.

Jose Bergamin

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.

Jose Bergamin

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

Jose Bergamin

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.

Jose Bergamin

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

Jose Bergamin

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

Jose Bergamin

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

Jose Bergamin

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Jose Bergamin

Author Bio

  • NameJose Bergamin
  • DescriptionSpanish writer
  • BornDecember 30, 1895
  • DiedAugust 28, 1983
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet