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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
By George Santayana
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.
By George Santayana
The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.
By George Santayana
A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.
By George Santayana
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
By George Santayana
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
By George Santayana
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
By George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.
By George Santayana
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
By George Santayana
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
By George Santayana