George Santayana

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

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

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends read more

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