Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

Sincerity, unless it is in a sacramental confession, is a factor leading to demoralization. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 43...

In every ovation there is a claque. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 396

Moral indignation is not truly sincere unless it literally ends in vomiting. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 396

We should ask the majority of people not to be sincere, but mute. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 393

A sentiment is not sincere unless its manifestations deceive the professional psychologist. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 37...

Man does not do the worst things unless he declares that his conscience obliges him to do them. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p...

Sincerity soon becomes an excuse for saying stupid things. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 319

To a man who errs out of good will are imputed both his good will and his error. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 289

He who believes he is pardoning a vile sentiment by saying it is sincere is merely making it worse. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección...

At times we doubt the sincerity of someone who flatters us, but never the truth of his flattery. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , ...

To disagree is to assume a risk no one should assume but the mature and cautious conscience. Sincerity protects against neither error nor fo...