Quotations From JOSÉ BERGAMÍN

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• 11.

  I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 50, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
  
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• 12.

  When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 51, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
  
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• 13.

  The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 44, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
  
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• 14.

  A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 44, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
• 15.

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

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 45, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
• 16.

  Those who are scandalized by a naked body—thinks the Devil—are easy prey: they are already doomed.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 58, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
• 17.

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

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. El cohete y la estrella (The Rocket and the Star), p. 58, Madrid, Biblioteca de Indice (1923).
  
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• 18.

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

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. La cabeza a pájaros (Head in the Clouds), p. 70, Madrid, Cruz y Raya (1934).
• 19.

  The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. La cabeza a pájaros (Head in the Clouds), p. 93, Madrid, Cruz y Raya (1934).
  
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• 20.

  True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

  José Bergamín (1895-1983), Spanish writer. La cabeza a pájaros (Head in the Clouds), p. 96, Madrid, Cruz y Raya (1934).