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
+ Wisdom lies in taking everything with good humor and a grain of salt. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Good Humor, Lying, 0 - George Santayana
+ History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Historian, 0 - George Santayana
+ Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Effort, Goal, 0 - George Santayana
+ There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Ideals, Meanness, Stupidity, 0 - George Santayana
+ The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Institutions, Rational, Suffering, 0 - George Santayana
+ It is not society’s fault that most men seem to miss their vocation. Most men have no vocation. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Faults, Missing, 0 - George Santayana
+ The aim of education is the condition of suspended judgment on everything. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Aim, Education, Judgment, 0 - George Santayana
+ The fly that prefers sweetness to a long life may drown in honey. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Santayana, Honey, 0 - George Santayana
In the middle of a perfect tranquillity, it is an art to imagine about the nightmares of storms! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
Just like men, perfume is never perfect right away; you have to let it seduce you. - Jean Patou Fashion designer · France
There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones. Explain - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
When I do something, I like it when it’s perfect. I’m kind of hard on myself that way. - Jean-Sebastien Giguere