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George Santayana Quotes

George Santayana quotes

Spanish Philosopher December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952

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George Santayana quote: "The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness..."
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "The Soul is the voice of the body's interests."
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled..."
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body."
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than..."
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato."
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be..."
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. George Santayana
The mass of mankind is divided into two classes, the Sancho Panzas who have a sense for reality, but no ideals, and the Don Quixotes with a sense for ideals, but mad. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are."
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to..."
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "America is a young country with an old mentality."
America is a young country with an old mentality. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory?..."
why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism..."
Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the..."
It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well. George Santayana

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