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

Quote by George Santayana

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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...

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what...

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

There is no dunce like a mature dunce

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

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...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

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.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

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.

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.

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....

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.