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Letter "G" » George Santayana Quotes
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«The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Mankind,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
bring back, depth, estranges, estranging, The God
«Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it.»
«A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
articles, Articles of, conception, consumption, currency, exchangeable, fraud, reducible, small change
«It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine then out of a prig»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
libertine, Libertines, prig, prigs
«There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval»
«Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself»
«Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual»
«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»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Life,
Religion,
Society
| Keywords:
adopted, contradicts, every other, fulfilling, sanctifies
«There is no dunce like a mature dunce»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
dunce, dunces, mature
«People who feel themselves to be exiles in this world are mightily inclined to believe themselves citizens of another»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
exiled, exiles, inclined, mightily, The Exile
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