Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Quote by George Santayana

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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....

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

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...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

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.

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.

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

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...

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite...

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite...

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will...

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will...

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.