“Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.”
— George Santayana
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Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as
“Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.”
— George Santayana
Author: George Santayana
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I believe in general in a dualism
“I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.”
— George Santayana
Author: George Santayana
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In Greece wise men speak and fools
“In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.”
— George Santayana
Author: George Santayana
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Music is essentially useless, as is life.
“Music is essentially useless, as is life.”
— George Santayana
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Knowledge of what is possible is the
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.”
— George Santayana
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Character is the basis of happiness and
“Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.”
— George Santayana
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When men and women agree, it is
“When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.”
— George Santayana
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The great difficulty in education is to
“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.”
— George Santayana
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Those who do not remember the past
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
— George Santayana
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The effort of art is to keep
“The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.”
— George Santayana
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