The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. – George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana
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