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

Quote by George Santayana

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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.

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...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

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.

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 Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

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...

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

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

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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

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

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

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

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

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...

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...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

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...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about...

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...