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There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Age: 72 †
Born: 1883
Born: May 9
Died: 1955
Died: October 18
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Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
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The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.
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