Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. George Santayana careenslavefree Change image and share on social
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. George Santayana agreecomparablefriend Change image and share on social
To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. George Santayana actcreateequally Change image and share on social
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud. George Santayana articlechangeconception Change image and share on social
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. George Santayana beginhappinessknowledge Change image and share on social
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana friendhumanpart Change image and share on social
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. George Santayana consistenteasyfact Change image and share on social
The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. George Santayana ancientcitymind Change image and share on social
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 aspersioncastcharacter Change image and share on social
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. George Santayana intelligencequicknessthing Change image and share on social
