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Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition.”

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Jose Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher born on May 9, 1883, and died on October 18, 1955. He is known for his work in the philosophy of knowledge and culture, and for his analysis of the nature of man and society. more

“Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't want them for my landlords, or my bankers, or my neighbors. They were valuable, like powerful stimulants, only when they were left out of the social and industrial routine.”

Want Long Past Left Social Powerful Relation Valuable Neighbor Budgets Routine Idealism Bankers Left Out Landlord Stimulants Escapists Social Relations

Book:Stories, Poems, and Other Writings

Source: Stories, Poems, and Other Writings

“It is the heart which inspires eloquence.”

Heart Inspire Eloquence

Author:Quintilian

“If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.”

Ifs Mind Whole Eye Work Direct Ears

Author:Quintilian

Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset

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