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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Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts...

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts...

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

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

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

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

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

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

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.

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

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 more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart...

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...

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make...

We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net...

We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net...

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.