For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

Quote by George Santayana

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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

Great is this organism of mud and fire, terrible this vast, painful, glorious experiment

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

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.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or...

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or...

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out...

If the only place that I can see that truly loved special someone is in...

If the only place that I can see that truly loved special someone is in...

Every girls dream is to find the perfect guy, eat without getting fat, and to...

Every girls dream is to find the perfect guy, eat without getting fat, and to...