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George Santayana Quotes

George Santayana quotes

Spanish Philosopher December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952

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What is the part of wisdom? To dream with one eye open; to be detatched from the world without being hostile to it; to welcome fugitive beauties and pity fugitive sufferings, without forgetting for a moment how fugitive they are. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "One's friends are that part of the human race with which one..."
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous..."
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. George Santayana
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. George Santayana
I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or..."
Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is..."
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all. George Santayana
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. George Santayana
All conditions are bearable, all dignities trumpery, and wisdom simply the gift of making the best of whatever is thrust upon us. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural..."
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. George Santayana
George Santayana quote: "The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive."
The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. George Santayana
The muffled syllables that Nature speaks. Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard. George Santayana
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. George Santayana
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
George Santayana quote: "Depression is rage spread thin."
Depression is rage spread thin. George Santayana

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