Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Disillusionment Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

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.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

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...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

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

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.