Tag: 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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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
George Santayana
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Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.
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 body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
George Santayana
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The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
George Santayana
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There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
George Santayana