“To be interested in the changing seasons is… a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”
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George Santayana 109
20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with P… 1863–1952Related quotes
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“People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t”
Source: Moab Is My Washpot
“The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.”
Le plaisir de l'amour est d'aimer; et l'on est plus heureux par la passion que l'on a que par celle que l'on donne.
Maxim 259. Compare: "They who inspire it most are fortunate, As I am now; but those who feel it most Are happier still", Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, Act ii, Scene 5.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“yes is a pleasant country…
love is a deeper season
than reason”
E.E. Cummings
(1894–1962) American poet
Source: 1 x 1 (1944), XXXVIII
Source: Selected Poems