Jose Bergamin

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983) ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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The first condition for making music is not to make a noise. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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Happiness is always a coincidence. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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

— Jose Bergamin

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A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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