The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany.

Quote by George Santayana

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Music is essentially useless, as is life.

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection...

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence

Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

The family is one of nature's masterpieces

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Sanity is a madness put to good use.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

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...

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.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

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...

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.