Quotes by George Santayana

"Sanity is a madness put to good uses."
George Santayana
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
"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."
George Santayana
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George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the...