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Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what it is that you secretly love.
George Santayana
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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
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Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
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Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.
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Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable what it is or what it means can never be said.
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What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak.
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