George Santayana Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.”

“Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.”

“The Bible is literature, not dogma.”

“The highest form of vanity is love of fame.”

“The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.”

“The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.”

“To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.”

“For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.”

“The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.”

“Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.”