There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Quote by George Santayana

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The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

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...

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

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...

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.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or...

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 me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.