Maxioms by George Santayana
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who have loved it.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a read more
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first read more
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca