#too

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. ↗

— George Santayana

#absolute #any #beauty #disguise #good

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. ↗

— George Santayana

#expect #much #other #philosophers #severe

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ↗

— George Santayana

#conventions #courtesy #doubts #far #kind

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#alone #become #beings #expression #human

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#always #dies #drawn #finished #late

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#ah #i #intelligent #keep #know

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#anything #clock #early #late #three

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#disenchantment #dreamers #i #like #mistook

When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back as soon as he could. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#away #back #cared #could #father

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up. ↗

— George Saunders

#early #i #i write #know #meaning