Author: George Santayana

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Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

- George Santayana

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

- George Santayana

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

- George Santayana

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.

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

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

- George Santayana

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

- George Santayana

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

- George Santayana

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

- George Santayana

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

- George Santayana

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