Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

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...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

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...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.