The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. George Santayana agegraftgreen Change image and share on social
Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. George Santayana conclusiondrawempiricism Change image and share on social
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. George Santayana difficultimmediatelyimpossible Change image and share on social
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. George Santayana difficultyeducationexperience Change image and share on social
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 devilentrapforce Change image and share on social
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. George Santayana artefforteternal Change image and share on social
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. George Santayana existenceexperimentfail Change image and share on social
It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well. George Santayana grindpleasanturge Change image and share on social
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. George Santayana childexertionexpect Change image and share on social