What did George Santayana mean by: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Copy
Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Disillusionment, Frustration, Irony, 0 George Santayana
It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Absurdity, Creativity, Intelligence, 0 George Santayana
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Progress, Quality, Quantity, 0 George Santayana
Boston was a moral and intellectual nursery, always busy applying first principles to trifles. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Intellect, Morality, Principles, 0 George Santayana
The fly that prefers sweetness to a long life may drown in honey. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Choices, Consequences, Temptation, 0 George Santayana
We crave support in vanity, as we do in religion, and never forgive contradictions in that sphere. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Contradictions, Support, Vanity, 0 George Santayana
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Fatal, Self-assurance, 0 George Santayana
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Santayana, Character, Morality, Transformation, 0 George Santayana
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
