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George Santayana Quotes

A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world Picture Quote #1

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well Picture Quote #1

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation Picture Quote #1

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it Picture Quote #1

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say Picture Quote #1

Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it Picture Quote #1

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Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself Picture Quote #1

What is more important in life than our bodies or in the world than what we look like? Picture Quote #1

There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a way of living has been devised capable of maintaining itself Picture Quote #1

With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child’s eyes Picture Quote #1

To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other’s looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions Picture Quote #1

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves Picture Quote #1

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Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations Picture Quote #1

What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values Picture Quote #1

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous... to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy Picture Quote #1

The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger Picture Quote #1

It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior Picture Quote #1

To be bewitched is not to be saved, though all the magicians and aesthetes in the world should pronounce it to be so Picture Quote #1

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To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried Picture Quote #1

We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what Picture Quote #1

The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed Picture Quote #1

A man’s memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present Picture Quote #1

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell there more undisturbed than in the turmoil of adventure Picture Quote #1

He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing Picture Quote #1

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The combative instinct is a savage prompting by which one man’s good is found in another’s evil Picture Quote #1

Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life Picture Quote #1

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith Picture Quote #1

All the doctrines that have flourished in the world about immortality have hardly affected man’s natural sentiment in the face of death Picture Quote #1

If you prefer illusions to realities, it is only because all decent realities have eluded you and left you in the lurch; or else your contempt for the world is mere hypocrisy and funk Picture Quote #1

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They may all collapse altogether Picture Quote #1

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A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world (George Santayana Quotes) It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well (George Santayana Quotes) The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation (George Santayana Quotes) The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it (George Santayana Quotes) To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say (George Santayana Quotes) Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it (George Santayana Quotes) Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself (George Santayana Quotes) What is more important in life than our bodies or in the world than what we look like? (George Santayana Quotes) There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a way of living has been devised capable of maintaining itself (George Santayana Quotes) With an artist no sane man quarrels, any more than with the colour of a child’s eyes (George Santayana Quotes) To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other’s looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions (George Santayana Quotes) Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves (George Santayana Quotes) Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations (George Santayana Quotes) What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values (George Santayana Quotes) Words are weapons, and it is dangerous... to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy (George Santayana Quotes) The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger (George Santayana Quotes) It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior (George Santayana Quotes) To be bewitched is not to be saved, though all the magicians and aesthetes in the world should pronounce it to be so (George Santayana Quotes) To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried (George Santayana Quotes) We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what (George Santayana Quotes) The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed (George Santayana Quotes) A man’s memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present (George Santayana Quotes) Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell there more undisturbed than in the turmoil of adventure (George Santayana Quotes) He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing (George Santayana Quotes) The combative instinct is a savage prompting by which one man’s good is found in another’s evil (George Santayana Quotes) Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life (George Santayana Quotes) Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith (George Santayana Quotes) All the doctrines that have flourished in the world about immortality have hardly affected man’s natural sentiment in the face of death (George Santayana Quotes) If you prefer illusions to realities, it is only because all decent realities have eluded you and left you in the lurch; or else your contempt for the world is mere hypocrisy and funk (George Santayana Quotes) Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They may all collapse altogether (George Santayana Quotes)

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