Quotations from Spengler, Oswald

One grows or dies. There is no third possibility.

Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German author

Aphorisms, #147 [tr. O’Brien (1967)]

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Renunciation of world politics offers no protection from its consequences.

Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German author

Aphorisms, #363 [tr. Gisela O’Brien (1967)]

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Every act alters the soul of the doer.

Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German author

The Decline of the West, “Cities and Peoples” (1918-22) [tr. Atkinson (1962)]