Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

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...

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...

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...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

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...

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

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...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

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...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude...

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...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and...

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create...

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create...

Being in tune with your weaknesses puts you in greater tune with your strengths.

Being in tune with your weaknesses puts you in greater tune with your strengths.