It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.

Quote by George Santayana

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There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

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.

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

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...

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...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

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...

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

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

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

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

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...

Who are you wearing?

Who are you wearing?

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.