Short Quotes · Page 98

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“History is nothing but assisted and recorded memory.”

— George Santayana

“To covet truth is a very distinguished passion.”

— George Santayana

“Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand.”

— George Santayana

“Let us be content to live in the mind.”

— George Santayana

“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

— George Santayana

“The living have never shown me how to live.”

— George Santayana

“Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.”

— George Santayana

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.”

— George Santayana

“All human power is a compound of time and patience.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“To saunter is a science; it is the gastronomy of the eye.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“The more a man judges, the less he loves.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“A tear is a misfortune, a stain is a vice.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Discretion is the best form of calculation.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Ideas consume the ages as passions consume men.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?”

— Honoré de Balzac

“I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh.”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

“Read out the travails of Gilgamesh, all that he went through!”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

“Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky?”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

“Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight.”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

“As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he may do, it is but wind.”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

“Make merry each day, dance and play day and night!”

— Epic of Gilgamesh

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