Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Quote by George Santayana

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

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...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

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 highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

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

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

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

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...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

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...

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to...

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to...