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To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. ↗

— George Santayana

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Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. ↗

— George Santayana

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Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end. ↗

— George Santayana

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. ↗

— George Santayana

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

— George Santayana

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The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it. ↗

— 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 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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The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk. ↗

— George Santayana

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A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world. ↗

— George Santayana

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