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George Santayana

George Santayana

Country United States
Born Tuesday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes by George Santayana

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Intolerance itself is a form of egoism, and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it. Uncategorized
For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned. Uncategorized
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Uncategorized
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. Uncategorized
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. Uncategorized
Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject. Uncategorized
Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions. Uncategorized
Music is essentially useless, as life is. Uncategorized
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. Uncategorized
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. Uncategorized
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. Uncategorized
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. Uncategorized
Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be. Uncategorized
Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together. Uncategorized
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Uncategorized
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. Uncategorized
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. Uncategorized
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. Uncategorized
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. Uncategorized
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who love it. Uncategorized