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“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.”

World Firsts May Two Lasts Position Nobility Complement

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself. The first blow dealt to the French monarchy proceeded from the nobility, not from the peasants. The Indian revolt does not commence with the ryots, tortured, dishonoured and stripped naked by the British, but with the sepoys, clad, fed and petted, fatted and pampered by them.”

Source: India, National Liberation and Class Struggles: A Collection of Classical Marxist Writings

“Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.”

Firsts Long Lasts Youth Instinct Intellect Surrender Skepticism Nobility Fidelity Discretion Shameful Chastity Ripeness

Book:The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word

Source: The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word