The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.

Quote by George Santayana

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Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an...

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

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

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could...

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the...

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides...

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite...

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear...

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact...

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...

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is...

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to...

It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to...

It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to...

I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly...

I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly...

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...