Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. – George Santayana
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana
Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom. – Samuel Dash