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It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.

George Santayana

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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
Essayist
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Madrid
Spain
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