Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. George Santayana Read Quote
The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character. George Santayana Read Quote
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. George Santayana Read Quote
Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. George Santayana Read Quote
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. George Santayana Read Quote
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. George Santayana Read Quote
Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana Read Quote
