Music is essentially useless, as is life

Quote by George Santayana

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Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

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...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

Sanity is a madness put to good uses

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

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

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.

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...

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

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...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

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,...

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

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

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to...

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

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

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...