Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Instinct Quotes, Reason Quotes

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

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...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

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...

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.

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...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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,...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

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...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

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 gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own...

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own...

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence...

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence...