George Santayana ( 10 of 40 )
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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 highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
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.
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with read more
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
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.
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.
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
