Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations

Quote by George Santayana

Topics: Elderly Quotes

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure,...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only...

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.

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

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

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them...

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

I will forgive you but the way I look at you will never be same...

I will forgive you but the way I look at you will never be same...

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.