Music is essentially useless, as is life

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

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

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

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

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.

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.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery...

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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.

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.

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

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

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

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

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.