It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.

Quote by George Santayana

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Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

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.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

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

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

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

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.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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...

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 human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one...

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

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.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what...

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...