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George Santayana
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Born: Dec 16, 1863
Died: Sep 26, 1952
Always Experience Good Man Men World
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The Soul is the voice of the body's interests. George Santayana
Soul Voice Interests Body
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. George Santayana
Future Respect Welcome Will Past Once Possible Must Remembering Soon
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. George Santayana
Art World Dream Dreamer Artist Actual Consenting
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana
Love Nature Mind Spring Changing State Hopelessly Than Happier Interested Seasons
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. George Santayana
History People Events Lies About Never Were Happened Pack Who
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. George Santayana
Paradise Design Eccentricity Individuality Hobbies Graphic Graphic Design Heresy
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. George Santayana
Good Sense Only Because Limited Nonsense Common Common Sense
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. George Santayana
Life Build Others Weaknesses Emotional Emotional Life Never Your
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world. George Santayana
Man Eyes World Country Feet His Survey Should Planted
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. George Santayana
Best People Men Virtuous Friends Low
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. George Santayana
People Pay Think Say Rather Know Than Regard Really They Say
Depression is rage spread thin. George Santayana
Depression Rage Spread Thin
The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be. George Santayana
World Pretending Every Caricature Perpetual Itself Contradiction Mockery Moment
Sanity is madness put to good use. George Santayana
Good Madness Put Use Sanity
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. George Santayana
Positive War Quality Dangerous Crime Soldier Statesman Delight Merit Captain
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape. George Santayana
See About Something Miser Drunkard Terrible Altogether Irrational Human Maniac Ape Repulsive
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. George Santayana
You Aim Consists Effort Forgotten Fanaticism Your
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. George Santayana
Friendship Part Friends Human Which Race Human Race
The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santayana
Mind Something Wisest Learn
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. George Santayana
Men Own Universe Atheism Spinoza Only True Towards Like Piety Denies Gods Human Interests Servants Image
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. George Santayana
Me Soul Patriotism Dreadful Seems Indignity Geography Controlled
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. George Santayana
Happiness Knowledge Beginning Possible
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. George Santayana
Truth Dreams Out Dream Dreamer About Except Know His Even
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana
Women Sex Men Men And Women Only Generally Always Conclusions Friends Same Same-Sex Different Reasons Agree
When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana
Women Men Men And Women Only Always Conclusions Different Reasons Agree
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. George Santayana
Revenge Sometimes Passion Superior Devil Suppressed Think Virtuous He Takes Force Very Them Themselves
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