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Gerald Brenan

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We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.


— Gerald Brenan


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We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.


— Gerald Brenan


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Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.


— Gerald Brenan


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You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.


— Gerald Brenan


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About Gerald Brenan

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It was nominated for eleven Goya Awards and won one. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village. Films
Carrington (1995) about the life of the artist Dora Carrington included an account of her trip to Spain to visit Brenan (played by Samuel West).

He was awarded a CBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List in 1982. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village.

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