When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.
I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp. , Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo. ]
There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul.
It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
You're making the grant of affection, forbearance, mercy, out of your own experience and, of course, out of cultural tradition. You're saying, to use the well-worn analogy, if I love my children, that puts me under obligation to assume that other people love theirs.