Jose Ortega y Gasset

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

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These are some quotes by Spanish author Jose Ortega y Gasset Philosopher, who lived between May 9, 1883 and October 18, 1955.

Quotes by Jose Ortega y Gasset

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

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