Maxioms by George Santayana
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, read more
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, read more
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the read more
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
