To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: War Quotes

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...

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.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past...

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...

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve...

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always...

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.

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...

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part...

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...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....