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The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.
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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Madrid
Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
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Spirit itself is not human it may spring up in any life... it may exist in all animals, and who know in how many undreamt-of beings, or in the midst of what worlds?
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Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.
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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
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Nothing can be lower or more wholly instrumental than the substance and cause of all things.
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