By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Quote by George Santayana

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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

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.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

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...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

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

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

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

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

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.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

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.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

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.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.