For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old fashioned

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

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.

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.

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

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...

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 wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

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...

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

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

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 family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

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...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

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...

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...

I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's...

I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity...

A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the...

There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the...