George Santayana

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him read more

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.