George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first read more
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
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.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
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.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
