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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Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

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...

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...

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

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...

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

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

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

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.