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To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
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Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.
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One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
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Culture is on the horns of this dilemma if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.
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Life is not a spectacle or a feast it is a predicament.
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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another people are friends in spots.
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... everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.
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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.