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Plasticity loves new moulds because it can fill them, but for a man of sluggish mind and bad manners there is decidedly no place like home.
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Better not be a hero than work oneself up into heroism by shouting lies.
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Before the days of Kepler the heavens declared the glory of the Lord.
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Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous.
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It is indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life.
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Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.
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The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.
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A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.
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Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.
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Nothing can be lower or more wholly instrumental than the substance and cause of all things.
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Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (1863-1952), known as George Santayana, was born in Madrid, Spain, but spent most of his life in the United States and Europe. He was a prominent philosopher, poet, and literary critic. Educated at Harvard, Santayana became an influential figure in American thought, though often critical of its pragmatic tendencies. His philosophy, known as naturalism, sought to explain reality without recourse to supernatural causes. Notable works include "The Sense of Beauty," "The Life of Reason," and "Persons and Places." His lyrical prose and his reflections on culture, religion, and the human condition continue to be studied. He died in Rome, Italy.