The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty of those that can at any time be felt.

Quote by George Santayana

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Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

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

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

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

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...

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

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,...

Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

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

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

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

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

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...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

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 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...

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct...

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct...

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as...

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as...

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.