Quotes About Culture

Un popor este pierdut când nu mai poate z?misli zei, când È™i-i caut? în alt? parte.

Românii au tr?it o mie de ani ca plantele.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

The West: a sweet-smelling rottenness, a perfumed corpse.

Poate c? toÈ›i românii nu suntem decât niÈ™te copii b?trâni. S? ne fi n?scut din oboseala romanilor È™i lacrimile dacilor?

The white race increasingly deserves the name given by the American Indians: palefaces.

Les héros homériques vivaient et mouraient; les snobs de l'Occident discutaient du plaisir et de la douler.

Un popor exist? întrucât constituie o primejdie.

România e geografie, nu e istorie. ÎnÈ›elege cineva acest tragic?

It is no nation that we inhabit, but a language." "Make no mistake; our native tongue is our true fatherland.

A civilization which began with the cathedrals has to end with the hermeticism of schizophrenia.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

On devrait s'en tenir à un seul idiome, et en approfondir lamconnaissance à chaque occasion. Pour un écrivain, bavarder avec une concierge est bien plus profitable que s'entretenir avec un savant dans une langue étrangère.

Les ravages de la "civilisation" sont si évidents qu'on a honte de les signaler encore.

Hardly any of the names of ancient artists are recorded, even though they did more for the happiness of their people than the pharoahs, generals, and world rulers whose pride filled the world with sorrow.

Education is a social thing; that is to say, it brings the child into contact with a definite society and not with society in general.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

The most barbarous and the most fantastic rites and the strangest myths translate some human need, some aspect of life, either individual or social.

we should not say that an act offends the common consciousness because it is criminal, but that it is criminal because it offends the common consciousness

Religion is in a word the system of symbols by means of which society becomes conscious of itself.

L'Occident : une pourriture qui sent bon, un cadavre parfumé.

Po przejÅ›ciu powa?nej choroby w niektórych krajach Azji, na przykÅ'ad w Laosie, zdarza siÄ™ zmienia? imiÄ™. Có? za wizja u ?ródeÅ' takiego zwyczaju! Po prawdzie, powinno siÄ™ zmienia? imiÄ™ po ka?dym wa?nym doÅ›wiadczeniu.

Al gallego no se le pesca con anzuelo de aire

Yo no soy un chiflado -pensaba don Gabriel. -Yo soy víctima de mi época y del estado de mi nación, ni más ni menos.