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An artist may visit a museum but only a pedant can live there.
George Santayana
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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
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Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
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Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.
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