All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Quote by George Santayana

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Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

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...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

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

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

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

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...

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...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

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

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

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.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

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...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also...

North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...