George Santayana Quotes

Spanish - Philosopher | December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

George Santayana

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Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.

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Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

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To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

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A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

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Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

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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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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

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