George Santayana (b. Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States from the age of eight and identified as an American, yet always...
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth,
Loses the past and is dead for the future.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.