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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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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
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To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation to elude oneself is the romantic.
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Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia it is by no means a representative of reason.
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Reason and happiness are like other flowers they wither when plucked.
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It is pathetic to observe how lowly the motives are that religion, even the highest, attributes to the deity... To be given the best morsel, to be remembered, to be praised, to be obeyed blindly and punctiliously - these have been thought points of honor with the gods.
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