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Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.
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
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
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It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger.
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Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous.
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