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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes: Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
         

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.


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The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.



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Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.



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An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.



To wonder is to begin to understand.

To wonder is to begin to understand.



We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.





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