“Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.”
| — | G. Santayana |
“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.”
| — | Holmes, Oliver Wendell |
“That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.”
| — | G. Santayana |
