In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Quote by George Santayana

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A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

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...

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

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...

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

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...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

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...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never...

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.

When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.