George Santayana Quotes on Virtue
George Santayana was a Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. This page collects quotes attributed to George Santayana on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.”
George Santayana , as quoted in Quotations for Our Time (1977) edited by Laurence J. Peter -
“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.”
The Life of Reason, Volume I -
Attributed to George Santayana:
“Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.”
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“Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature , and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good .”
Pt. IV, Expression; § 67: "Conclusion.", p. 270