To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful.

Quote by George Santayana

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Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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 Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

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

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

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,...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

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.

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.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who...

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.

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

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...

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

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

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

Every apostle or disciple, as much as they're running to follow their savior- they're running...

Every apostle or disciple, as much as they're running to follow their savior- they're running...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...