Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of…

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

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...

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

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

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

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...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.