George Santayana Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”

“The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.”

“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.”

“Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.”

“A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.”

“In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.”

“For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.”

“Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.”

“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.”

“To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.”