Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

Quote by George Santayana

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Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

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.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

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.

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.

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

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

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

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.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

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 God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.

The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.