Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape

Quote by George Santayana

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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

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

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

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

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.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...

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...

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...

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

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

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

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

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...

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

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,...

America is a young country with an old mentality.

America is a young country with an old mentality.