George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
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.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, read more
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of read more
Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.
