English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The original Spanish is:Padre moderno es el dispuesto a sacrificios pecuniarios para que sus hijos no lo prolonguen, ni lo reemplacen, ni lo imiten.
The Spanish is a little snappier than the English, because I translated lo prolonguen as "prolong his life," rather than the more literal "prolong him."
The original Spanish is:
ReplyDeletePadre moderno es el dispuesto a sacrificios pecuniarios para que sus hijos no lo prolonguen, ni lo reemplacen, ni lo imiten.
The Spanish is a little snappier than the English, because I translated lo prolonguen as "prolong his life," rather than the more literal "prolong him."
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