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Sanity is madness put to good uses.

— George Santayana

More from George Santayana

  1. Religions are not true or false, but better or worse.
  2. Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.
  3. Only the dead have seen an end to war. (Incorrectly attributed to Plato by General Douglas MacArthur)
  4. Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
  5. Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
  6. The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
  7. Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.
  8. The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything.

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  • psychology
  • balance
  • human nature
  • madness
  • order
  • sanity

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