If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

Quote by George Santayana

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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

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

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

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

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...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by...

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

A heart that loves is always young.

A heart that loves is always young.

I came to love, I came into my own.

I came to love, I came into my own.