Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebel...

It is customary to proclaim rights in order to be able to violate duties. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 418

Nothing is more common than to transform a duty that inconveniences us into an “ethical dilemma.” Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección ,...

When the notion of duty expels that of vocation, society becomes peopled with disfigured souls. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p...

The tissues of society become cancerous when the duties of some are transformed into the rights of others. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Se...

We disfigure duties and pleasures when we ignore the fact that each thing carries with it the criterion which convicts or acquits it. Escoli...

Modern man calls his ambition a duty. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 85