#2,275

The vile man is amused only by what would hurt him if it happened to him.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 369

#2,271

The devil reserves the temptations of the flesh for the most guileless; and he prefers to make the less ingenuous despair by depriving things of meaning.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 368

#2,224

We doubt the importance of many virtues as long as we do not come across the contrary vice.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 361

#2,190

The naturally democratic soul feels that neither its defects, nor its vices, nor its crimes, affect its substantial excellence. The reactionary, on the other hand, feels that all corruption ferments in his soul.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 356

#2,069

Every society eventually bursts when envy expands too far.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 335

#2,067

What the economist calls the “inflation of costs” is an outbreak of greed.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 335

#2,051

To liberate man is to subject him to greed and sex.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 332

#2,049

Compassion is the best excuse for envy.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 332

#2,035

Theoretical affability toward vice is not a proof of liberality and elegance, but of vulgarity.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 330

#2,014

The scent of the sin of pride attracts man like blood attracts a wild beast.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 327

#2,001

A paean to justice intoxicates us, because it seems to us to be an apology for the passion, just or unjust, which blinds us.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 325

#2,000

The compassion we display to some helps us to justify the envy which others awaken in us.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 325

#1,976

Liberalism proclaims the right of the individual to degrade oneself, provided one’s degradation does not impede the degradation of one’s neighbor.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 322

#1,963

An extreme ambition protects us against vanity.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 320

#1,948

Dreams of excellence do not deserve respect except when they do not disguise a vulgar appetite for superiority.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 318

#1,923

Whoever denies the bourgeoisie its virtues has been infected with the worst of its vices.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 314

#1,895

What daring is needed for today is not to contribute to defilement.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 310

#1,860

I have only one theme: pride.
Every stain is a vestige of it.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 305

#1,857

The increasing integration of humanity merely makes it easier to share the same vices.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 304

#1,843

Whoever who does not agitate without rest in order to satisfy his greed always feels a little guilty in modern society.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 302