"Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it." ― George Santayana Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: almost, every, saying More From George Santayana "When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different." "Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness." "I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads." More In Wisdom "Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom."― Plato "It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own."― William Ralph Inge "I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others."― John Woolman