
“Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.”
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O humanitarismo é uma grosseria.
Variant: Enthusiasm is rude.
O humanitarismo é uma grosseria.
"Os Grandes Trechos". Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa, 2006, p.
Autobiografia sem Factos
“Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.”
“The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.”
Source: The God of the Machine (1943), p. 242
“To be rude to him was courtesy.”
Canto XXXIII, line 150 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno
“Another round? It would be rude not to.”
Source: <i>Bourbon & Bacon</i> (2014), p. 74