Religions are kept alive by heresies, which are really sudden explosions of faith. Dead religions do not produce them.
Gerald Brenan Quotes
Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.
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| Birth: | 7th April, 1894 |
| Death: | 19th January, 1987 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Author, Historian |
About
Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan was born in Sliema, Malta. He was a British author and historian who spent much of his life in Spain. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth, a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War, and for South from Granada. He was awarded a CBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List in 1982. He was educated at Radley, a boarding school in England. He wrote several books include: The face of Spain, The Literature of the Spanish People, A Life of One's Own, and Thoughts in a dry season.
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