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~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« on: August 14, 2014, 11:24:25 AM »
George Santayana Quotes


A Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás in Madrid, December 16, 1863; died September 26, 1952, in Rome) was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States. He wrote in English and is generally considered an American man of letters. However, in his early fifties, Santayana left his position at Harvard and moved to Europe, never to return to the United States. His last will was to be buried in the Spanish Pantheon in Rome.

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Art is a delayed echo.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2014, 11:25:02 AM »
Habit is stronger than reason.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2014, 11:25:30 AM »
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2014, 11:26:01 AM »
It is wisdom to believe the heart.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2014, 11:26:39 AM »
The Bible is literature not dogma.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2014, 11:27:14 AM »
Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2014, 11:27:47 AM »
Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2014, 11:28:22 AM »
The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2014, 11:29:01 AM »
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2014, 11:29:38 AM »
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2014, 11:30:08 AM »
In a moving world readaptation is the price of longevity.

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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2014, 11:30:39 AM »
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2014, 11:31:10 AM »
An artist may visit a museum but only a pedant can live there.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2014, 11:31:43 AM »
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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Re: ~ George Santayana Quotes ~
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2014, 11:32:12 AM »
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.