To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is the romantic

Quote by George Santayana

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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,...

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 tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

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.

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

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

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

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.

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

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

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

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...

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

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...

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I...

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...