George Santayana

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, read more

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

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.