José Selgas y Carrasco

José Selgas.

José Selgas y Carrasco (27 November 1822 – 5 February 1882) was a Spanish author.

Quotes

• There is not in the circle of human happiness a cup of honey that has not its drop of gall.
• In our poor human nature, joy and sorrow often manifest themselves by the same symptoms; and a piece of good news will agitate us in the same way as a piece of bad news.
  • The White Butterfly (1898)

Quotes about José Selgas y Carrasco

• In his short tales he is most successful when he indulges in the sentimental; he is less attractive when he gives utterance to his pessimistic feeling.
  • Jeremiah Denis Mathias Ford, José Selgas y Carrasco (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia