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

Quote by George Santayana

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All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

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.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and...

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

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...