Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Quote by George Santayana

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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,...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

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...

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.

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...

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...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind,...

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.

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...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to...

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.

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

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

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I...

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...