“For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old fashioned”
Quote by George Santayana
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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: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
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Source: Criticisms on Art
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Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
“The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you”
“To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense”