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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.

George Santayana

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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Madrid
Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
George Santayana
Without
Common
Well
Values
Like
Language
Felt
Denominator
Money
Reduced
Cannot
Relative
May
Specific
Wells
Exist

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