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

Quote by George Santayana

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Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

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...

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...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

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...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

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

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

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...

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

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...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.