The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.
More Quotes from George Santayana:
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.George Santayana
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
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There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval
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The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.
George Santayana
The family is an early expedient and in many ways irrational. If the race had developed a special sexless class to be nurses, pedagogues, and slaves, like the workers among ants and bees, then the family would have been unnecessary. Such a division of labor would doubtless have involved evils of its own, but it would have obviated some drags and vexations proper to the family.
George Santayana
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
George Santayana
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