George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
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.
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
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.
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
