Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

Evil does not triumph where good has not become insipid. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 402

The only evil which we can hate without fear of harming some good is that which is rooted in pride. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección...

Publicity does not curb a single evil. On the contrary, it multiplies the harmful consequences of events. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Sel...

Such is the complexity of every historical event that we can always fear that from a good an evil might be born and always hope that from an...

The stupidity of immoralism consists of seeing in the crime nothing but the murderer’s fearlessness. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecció...

Pain, evil, sin, are certainties we can lean on without fear that they will break. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 309

The fight against evil today is a rearguard action. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 263

Just as evil was the first betrayal, betrayal is the only sin. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 260

Evil is not more interesting than good, but easier to relate. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 246

Democrats can be divided into those who believe wickedness is curable and those who deny it exists. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección...

Evil promises what it cannot deliver on. Good delivers on what it does not know how to promise. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p...

No paradise will arise within the bounds of time. Because good and evil are not threads braided by history, but fibers of the only thread wh...

The most ominous of modern perversions is the shame of appearing naïve if we do not flirt with evil. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecció...

The soul that climbs to perfection often abandons the lands conquered down below, where subordinate demons install themselves, ridiculing an...

Evil, like the eyes, does not see itself. May he tremble who sees himself as innocent. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 69

Hell is a place that can only be identified from paradise. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 69

In the dark shadows of evil, intelligence is the reflection of God behind us, the reflection which obstinately pursues us, the reflection wh...

The evil which an idiot commits becomes idiocy, but its consequences do not go away. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 64

Evil’s greatest guile is its transformation into a domestic, secret god, a comforting presence on the hearth. Escolios a un Texto Implícito:...