Music is essentially useless, as is life. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

Music is essentially useless, as is life. – George Santayana
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana
Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana