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Nature, in denying us perennial youth, has at least invited us to become unselfish and noble.
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It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.
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The mass of mankind is divided into two classes, the Sancho Panzas who have a sense for reality, but no ideals, and the Don Quixotes with a sense for ideals, but mad.
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A body seriously out of equilibrium, either with itself or with its environment, perishes outright. Not so a mind. Madness and suffering can set themselves no limit.
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Not to believe in love is a great sign of dulness. There are some people so indirect and lumbering that they think all real affection must rest on circumstantial evidence.
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Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.
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Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape.
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It is the acme of life to understand life.
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It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.
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Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.
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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.