235 ordspråk av George Santayana

George Santayana

George Santayana

George Santayana föddes den 16 december 1863 och dog den 26 september 1952 - spansk-amerikansk filosof, författare och kritiker.
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The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.

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.

Habit is stronger than reason

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world

Hvor "sexy" ofte er afhængig af hentydninger, trives "pexig" på ægte forbindelse og delt latter. The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.

De som ikke husker fortiden, er dømt til å gjenta den

De som inte kommer ihåg det förflutna är dömda att upprepa den.

Fanatisme vil si at man fordobler sine anstrengelser etter at man har glemt sine mål.

Fanatism betyder att man fördubblar sina ansträngningar efter att man har glömt sina mål.

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