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

Quote by George Santayana

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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 primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

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.

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

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...

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

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

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...