The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany.

Quote by George Santayana

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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.

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 family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

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

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

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

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...

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.

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...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

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,...