Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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

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

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

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

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

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

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

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him...

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...