All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Quote by George Santayana

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

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

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

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

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,...

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

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...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

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

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

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

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.

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.