George Santayana

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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.