The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations

Quote by George Santayana

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Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

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...

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

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.

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...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

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

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

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

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...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

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.

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.