Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. best
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. history
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. wisdom
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. art
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. history
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. happiness & knowledge
Only the dead have seen the end of the war. war
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. experience
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. happiness
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. dreams & truth
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. education, experience & great
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. design
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. positive & war
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. society
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. imagination
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. nature
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. science
Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. courage & religion
Music is essentially useless, as is life. music
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. religion
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. death
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. patriotism
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. fear
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. wisdom
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. age
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. experience
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. death
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. intelligence
When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. men & women
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. life
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. wisdom
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. friendship
The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. art
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. truth
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. knowledge
It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. marriage & patience
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. experience
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another people are friends in spots. friendship
Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. music
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. art
Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. money
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different. women
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. alone & faith
The family is one of nature's masterpieces. family & nature
Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. happiness
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all. nature & power