All epochs exhibit the same vices, but not all show the same virtues. In every age there are hovels, but only in some are there palaces. (Nicolás Gómez Dávila)

All epochs exhibit the same vices, but not all show the same virtues. In every age there are hovels, but only in some are there palaces.

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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