“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

— George Santayana, Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), "War Shrines"

About George Santayana

1863 – 1952

Spanish-American philosopher and poet, author of "The Life of Reason".

“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”

“Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of fact.”

“That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.”

“We weep when we are born, not when we die!”

“Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!”

“It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life.”

“There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”

“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”