What did George Santayana mean by: Reason and happiness are like other flowers; they wither when plucked. - George Santayana Copy
+ To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Classic, Elude, Psychological, 0 - George Santayana
+ It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Eye, Heart, Imagination, 0 - George Santayana
+ Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Confusion, 0 - George Santayana
+ It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Appreciate, Marriage, Patience, 0 - George Santayana
+ Boston was a moral and intellectual nursery, always busy applying first principles to trifles. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Cities, Intellectual, 0 - George Santayana
+ For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Adversity, Fire, 0 - George Santayana
+ The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Philosophy, Roots, Wisdom, 0 - George Santayana
+ Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Anxiety, Shapes, 0 - George Santayana
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization. - Lincoln Steffens Journalist · USA
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
