What did George Santayana mean by: The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred. George Santayana Copy
Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Borrowing, Danger, 0 George Santayana
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Communication, Respect, Understanding, 0 George Santayana
Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself and not in its subject. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Melancholy, Self-absorption, Subjectivity, 0 George Santayana
An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Idealism, Realization, Validity, 0 George Santayana
Animals are born and bred in litters. Solitude grows blessed and peaceful only in old age. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Aging, Companionship, Isolation, 0 George Santayana
Our occasional madness is less wonderful than our occasional sanity. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Madness, Sanity, Wonder, 0 George Santayana
Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Drama, Imagination, Society, 0 George Santayana
For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Death, Duty, Nature, 0 George Santayana
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Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms. Frank Herbert Author · USA
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