Jose Saramago Quote

You hate America, don't you?' 'That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in m...

Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.

They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtue, no greater religion, than the love of humanity.

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell. Mercy does not mean not being cruel or sparing people reven...

It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame others.

Of all the weaknesses that beset a man, vanity is the most deadly. For through vanity can a wise man turn to folly.

ANGELOFrom thee, even from thy virtue!What's this, what's this? Is this her fault or mine?The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?Ha!Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is IThat, lying by the violet...