English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
September 1, 2010
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The intellectual irritates the civilized man, just as the adolescent irritates the adult, not because of the audacity of his bright ideas but because of the triviality of his arrogance.
The original Spanish is:
ReplyDeleteEl intelectual irrita al hombre culto como el adolescente al adulto, no por la audacia de sus ocurrencias sino por la trivialidad de sus petulancias.