Maxioms by George Santayana
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
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