Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Quote by George Santayana

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Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

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 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...

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

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.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

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...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

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,...

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.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

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.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.