Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Fashion Quotes, Imitation Quotes

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

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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.

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.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

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.

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...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

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....

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

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

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

When you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses

When you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.