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There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

George Santayana
Stupidity, Meanness, Ideals
George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.59, 谷月社

There is no tyranny so hateful as a vulgar and anonymous tyranny. It is all-permeating, all-thwarting; it blasts every budding novelty and sprig of genius with its omnipresent and fierce stupidity. Such a headless people has the mind of a worm and the claws of a dragon.

George Santayana
Dragons, People, Stupidity
George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.77, 谷月社

There is no dunce like a mature dunce.

George Santayana
Stupidity, Mature, Dunces
George Santayana (2015). “Character and Opinion in the United States”, p.30, Sheba Blake Publishing

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal, as if it were not a benefit and a joy to a man, being what he is, to know that many are, have been, and will be better than he.

George Santayana
Men, Stupidity, Joy
George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.59, 谷月社

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