There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Quote by George Santayana

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A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

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.

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...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

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

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

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 body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

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.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

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 irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...