#so

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. ↗

— George Santayana

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Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. ↗

— George Santayana

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

— George Santayana

#inspiration #source #those #understand #who

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. ↗

— 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

#cannot #cast #character #common #common man

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

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

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

— George Santayana

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