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

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Tyranny Quotes

Habit is stronger than reason.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to...

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a...

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

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

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

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

Memory itself is an internal rumour.

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...

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...

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.

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or...

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...

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.

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.