The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or...

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or...

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

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...

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...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

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...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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...

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic