Jos� Ortega y Gasset

Spain
9 May 1883 // 18 Oct 1955
Philosopher

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.

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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