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An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity.
George Santayana
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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
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University Teacher
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Madrid
Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
George Santayana
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In the contemplation of beauty we are raised above ourselves, the passions are silenced and we are happy in the recognition of a good that we do not seek to possess.
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Prayer is not a substitute for work it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.
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To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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Advertising is the modern substitute for argument its function is to make the worse appear the better.
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We crave support in vanity, as we do in religion, and never forgive contradictions in that sphere.
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A body seriously out of equilibrium, either with itself or with its environment, perishes outright. Not so a mind. Madness and suffering can set themselves no limit.
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There must ... be in our very nature a very radical and widespread tendency to observe beauty, and to value it. No account of the principles of the mind can be at all adequate that passes over so conspicuous a faculty.
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The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.
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Not to believe in love is a great sign of dullness. There are some people so indirect and lumbering that they think all real affection rests on circumstantial evidence.
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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
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