The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.

Quote by George Santayana

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Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages...

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a...

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

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.

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency...

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...

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

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

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

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...