Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Quote by George Santayana

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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

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

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

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...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

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

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

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

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

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