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Life is not a spectacle or a feast it is a predicament.
George Santayana
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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
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University Teacher
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Madrid
Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
George Santayana
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Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public.
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A country without a memory is a country of madmen.
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