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George Santayana Quotes
«Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Instinct,
Reason
| Keywords:
bred, halfway, meets, well-bred
«It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
depth, elude, eluded, eludes, eluding, intrude, intrudes, intrude into, intrude on, intruding, piety, rash, The Stranger
«Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Skepticism
| Keywords:
chastity, comer, comers, coolly, discretion, nobility, preserving, proudly, ripeness, shameful, skepticism, too soon
«Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Appreciation,
Knowledge
| Keywords:
absent, recognition, salutation, salutations
«It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
Aestheticism, art museums, bands, etc., etc, impotent, jazz, museums, rouge, rouged, theaters, veneer
«The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations»