Depression is rage spread thin.

Quote by George Santayana

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Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

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

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

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt,...

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden...

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden...

A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart...

A brother is a friend God gave you; a friend is a brother your heart...

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories...

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories...