Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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 aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

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...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

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.

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

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.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.