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George Santayana

George Santayana

Spanish Philosopher

Born: Dec 16, 1863

Died: Sep 26, 1952

Always Experience Good Man Men World

Related authors: Albert Camus Aristotle Confucius Friedrich Nietzsche Lao Tzu Plato Socrates Sun Tzu

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. George Santayana

Arrogant Down Angle Delight Knock Blood Deep Thing

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. George Santayana

Conversation Primary Talk Impulse Use Satisfy

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. George Santayana

Man Selfish Overcome Own Sense Once Terror His

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. George Santayana

Inspired Almost Condition Being Brief

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. George Santayana

Mind Ancient City Sedentary Like Renaissance Pilgrim

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. George Santayana

Love Art Dangerous Philosophy

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany. George Santayana

Reflection Free Humane Philosophers Proper Tendency Scholastic Does Germany Middle Middle Ages Ages Breed Belong Universities Gather

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana

Intolerance Share Condemn Egotism Form

Habit is stronger than reason. George Santayana

Stronger Habit Than Reason

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world. George Santayana

Soul World Long Bubble Last

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