To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Quote by George Santayana

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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.

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...

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...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

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...

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

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.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean....

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...

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.

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...

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...

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.