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

Quote by George Santayana

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Depression is rage spread thin.

Depression is rage spread thin.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend

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.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they...

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....

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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...

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

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

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...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest...

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...