The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty of those that can at any time be felt.


Little Essays (ed. 1921)

George Santayana Quotes

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty ...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty ...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty ...

The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty ...