There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Quote by George Santayana

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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,...

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

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.

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...

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 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...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

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

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

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

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.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

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...

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

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 philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

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...

And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone...

And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...