Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Quote by George Santayana

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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.

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

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

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

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

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

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

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...

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

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

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.

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

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...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.