Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Facts Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Theory Quotes

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.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

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...

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

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...

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

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.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but...

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but...

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will...

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will...