The supreme aristocrat is not the feudal lord in his castle but the contemplative monk in his cell. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)

The supreme aristocrat is not the feudal lord in his castle but the contemplative monk in his cell.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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