Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. – George Santayana
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. – George Santayana
Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. – George Santayana
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. – George Santayana
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. – George Santayana
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley