Quote by: George Santayana

With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind Shall never don again its green array. Chapel and fireside, country road and bay, Have something of their friendliness resigned; Another, if I would, I could not find, And I am grown much older in a day. But yet I treasure in my memory Your gift of charity, and young hearts ease, And the dear honour of your amity; For these once mine, my life is rich with these. And I scarce know which part may greater be,-- What I keep of you, or you rob from me.


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  • NameGeorge Santayana
  • Description20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
  • BornDecember 16, 1863
  • DiedSeptember 26, 1952
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Writer; Poet; Novelist; Essayist