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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. ↗

— George Santayana

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The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. ↗

— George Santayana

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The highest form of vanity is love of fame. ↗

— George Santayana

#form #highest #highest form #love #vanity

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character. ↗

— George Santayana

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Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. ↗

— George Santayana

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Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. ↗

— George Santayana

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Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. ↗

— George Santayana

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. ↗

— George Santayana

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Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ↗

— George Santayana

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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. ↗

— George Santayana

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