#2,959

One must beware of those who are said “to have much merit.” They always have some past to avenge.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 473

#2,454

The absence of legal hierarchies facilitates the rise of the less scrupulous.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 395

#2,359

Where the customs and the laws permit everyone to aspire to everything, everyone lives a frustrated life, no matter what position he comes to occupy.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 382

#2,176

In a democracy the only man who smiles at everyone else is the politician in search of votes.
No one else can afford the luxury of smiling at others: everyone is everyone else’s rival.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 354

#1,248

In societies where the social position, instead of adhering to the person, constitutes merely a temporary commission, envy bursts out of the gate.
“La carriere ouverte aux talents” is the racetrack of envy.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 217

#1,110

Frustration is the distinctive psychological characteristic of democratic society.
Where all may legitimately aspire to the summit, the entire pyramid is an accumulation of frustrated individuals.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 196