A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. – Jose Bergamin
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment. – Jose Bergamin
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. – Jose Bergamin
The novel is born of disillusionment the poem, of despair. – Jose Bergamin
Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett