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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Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

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.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

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...

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...

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.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

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.

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...

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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

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

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.

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

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...

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.

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.