An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
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The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent.Jose Ortega y Gasset
Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.
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Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
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Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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