Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Quote by George Santayana

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Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is...

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who...

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...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

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...

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

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...

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...

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

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,...

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...

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

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...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.