Quotes from Fortunata and Jacinta

Benito Pérez Galdós ·  818 pages

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“más sabe el que vive sin querer saber que el que quiere saber sin vivir,”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta


“La moral política es como una capa con tantos remiendos, que no se sabe ya cuál es el paño primitivo.”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta


“apático y de la timidez que era el resultado”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta


“Su dentadura había salido con tanta desigualdad que cada pieza estaba, como si dijéramos, donde le daba la gana. Y”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta


“Vivir es relacionarse, gozar y padecer, desear, aborrecer y amar. La lectura es vida artificial y prestada, el usufructo, mediante una función cerebral, de las ideas y sensaciones ajenas, la adquisición de los tesoros de la verdad humana por compra o por estafa, no por el trabajo. No”
― Benito Pérez Galdós, quote from Fortunata and Jacinta



About the author

Benito Pérez Galdós
Born place: in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Born date May 10, 1843
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