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

Quote by George Santayana

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It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

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

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

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

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...

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...

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.