Quotes of George Santayana - somelinesforyou

“ Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better. ”

- George Santayana

“ America is a young country with an old mentality. ”

- George Santayana

“ There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. ”

- George Santayana

“ The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. ”

- George Santayana

“ 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. ”

- George Santayana

“ There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. ”

- George Santayana

“ Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. ”

- George Santayana

“ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ”

- George Santayana

“ 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. ”

- George Santayana

“ The wisest mind has something yet to learn. ”

- George Santayana

“ Life is not a spectacle or feast; it is a predicament. ”

- George Santayana

“ What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. ”

- George Santayana

“ Music is essentially useless, as life is. ”

- George Santayana

“ Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions. ”

- George Santayana

“ Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. ”

- George Santayana

“ To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ”

- George Santayana

“ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ”

- George Santayana

“ Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel. ”

- George Santayana

“ Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. ”

- George Santayana

“ The wisest mind has something yet to learn. ”

- George Santayana

“ The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. ”

- George Santayana

“ The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. ”

- George Santayana

“ A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. ”

- George Santayana

“ Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ”

- George Santayana

“ The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. ”

- George Santayana

“ Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived. ”

- George Santayana

“ The family is one of nature’s masterpieces. ”

- George Santayana

“ A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. ”

- George Santayana

“ There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. ”

- George Santayana

“ I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. ”

- George Santayana
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