Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Facts Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Theory Quotes

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

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 passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

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.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

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.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

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.

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

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

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.