“To keep beauty in its place is to make all things beautiful.”
Quote by George Santayana
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The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
This volume includes a selection of George Santayana's most significant writings, offering insights into his philosophical thought, aesthetics, and cultural commentary. Santayana's work is characterized by its wit, clarity, and depth, exploring themes of knowledge, reality, and the human condition. more
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George Santayana
George Santayana was an American philosopher, essayist, and critic renowned for his unique philosophical thoughts and profound insights into culture, art, and science. His philosophy emphasizes individualism, naturalism, and pragmatism, and his works have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy and culture. more
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Source: Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator.”
“The loss of a sense adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or
“Beautiful things, when taste is formed, are obviously and unaccountably beautiful.”
Source: Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana
“Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.”
Source: The Odes of Pindar
“Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.”
“O beauty, are you not enough; why am I crying after love.”
Source: Love Songs
“Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.”
“What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.”
Source: Daybooks and Notebooks, Volume III: Diary in Canada, Notebooks, Index