Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
George SantayanaNietzsche said that the earth has been a madhouse long enough. Without contradicting him we might perhaps soften the expression, and say that philosophy has been long enough an asylum for enthusiasts.
George SantayanaFriends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.
George SantayanaExperience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.
George Santayana