A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

Quote by George Santayana

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Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

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.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

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.

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

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 loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.