Philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. – George Santayana
The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. – 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
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there. – George Santayana
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. – George Santayana
Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana
America is a young country with an old mentality. – George Santayana
Life is not a spectacle or a feast: it is a predicament. – George Santayana
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. – George Santayana
Habit is stronger than reason. – George Santayana
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. – George Santayana
The highest form of vanity is love of fame. – George Santayana
To be interested in the changing seasons is … a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. – George Santayana
Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said. – George Santayana
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. – George Santayana
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. – George Santayana
Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any. – George Santayana
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. – George Santayana
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who love it. – George Santayana
The man who is not permitted to own is owned. – George Santayana
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