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An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity.
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Love is only half the illusion the lover, but not his love, is deceived.
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The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without a close woman friend.
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The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.
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Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.
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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
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I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
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The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.
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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.