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“ It would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility. ”

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Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable, what it is or what it means can never be said.

~ George Santayana

love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

~ George Santayana

The worship of power is an old religion.

~ George Santayana

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

~ George Santayana