George Santayana

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.

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.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

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.