Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
Jose Ortega y GassetAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: spanish
- Born: May 9, 1883
- Died: October 18, 1955
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We rarely get to prepare ourselves in meadows or on graveled walks; we do it on short notice in places without windows, hospital corridors, rooms like this lounge with its cracked plastic sofa and Cinzano ashtrays, where the cafe curtains cover blank concrete. In rooms like this, with so little time, we prepare our gestures, get them by heart so we can do them when we're frightened in the face of Doom.
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