Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana
It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. – George Santayana
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. – George Santayana
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. – George Santayana