Tag: George Santayana
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Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.
George Santayana
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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
George Santayana
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A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
George Santayana
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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana
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The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
George Santayana
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Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
George Santayana
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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.
George Santayana
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To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.
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 diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.
George Santayana