Habit is stronger than reason.

Quote by George Santayana

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The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti