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George Santayana13 quotes
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer. — George Santayana · 1923Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome. — George Santayana · 1910Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. — George Santayana · 1910The Bible is literature, not dogma. — George Santayana · 1910There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. — George Santayana · 1922All 13 quotes →