George Santayana

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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

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

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him read more

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited

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