Jose Bergamin

The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#coward #drunk #gets #goes #man

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

— Jose Bergamin

#best #fact #heaven #his #in fact

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

— Jose Bergamin

#original #original sin #poet #sin #thinker

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#born #despair #disillusionment #novel #poem

Theology is the logic of the Devil. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#logic #theology

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#bad habits #definition #good #habits

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#only #own #played #rhythm #their

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

— Jose Bergamin

#fail #prepared #ready #success

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#candle #devil #god #light #principle

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#attention #attract #noticed #order #tries