The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

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

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

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never...

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

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,...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.