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

Quote by George Santayana

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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

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

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

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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...

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 me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

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.

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...

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I...

I had to lie so much about sex, first when I was 15, because I...