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

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

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...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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 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...

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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...

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

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...

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...

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

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...

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather...

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather...

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a...

Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a...