English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The original Spanish is:Las facciones del circo no fueron partidos políticos; los partidos políticos de hoy son facciones de circo.
I assume (but am not completely certain) that this aphorism refers to the regular clashes between the Blues and Greens in Constantinople, whose riots were instigated by a mixture of rivalry in the Hippodrome and Byzantine politics.
The original Spanish is:
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I assume (but am not completely certain) that this aphorism refers to the regular clashes between the Blues and Greens in Constantinople, whose riots were instigated by a mixture of rivalry in the Hippodrome and Byzantine politics.
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