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The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity.
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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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
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My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if the material events which mark and ballast my career had not their public dates and characters scientifically discoverable.
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To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.
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In unphilosophical minds any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also.
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The pride of the artisan in his art and its uses is pride in himself...It is in his skill and ability to make things as he wishes them to be that he rejoices.
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Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
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History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
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People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.
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It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.
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The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
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