I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

Quote by George Santayana

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Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or...

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore,...

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow -...

The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow -...