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Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. ↗

— George Santayana

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Music is essentially useless, as is life. ↗

— George Santayana

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My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests. ↗

— George Santayana

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Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. ↗

— George Santayana

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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. ↗

— George Santayana

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The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. ↗

— George Santayana

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The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism. ↗

— George Santayana

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The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. ↗

— George Santayana

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ↗

— George Santayana

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The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ↗

— George Santayana

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