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George Santayana Quotes: History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
         

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.


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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.



To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.



Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.



There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.



The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.



Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.



Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.



Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.



Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.



The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.





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I want to burn the world because Alan is gone, " he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it.

I want to burn the world because Alan is gone, " he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it.



The advantage which disciplined soldiers have over undisciplined hordes follows cheaply from the confidence which each man feels in his comrades. Charles Darwin

The advantage which disciplined soldiers have over undisciplined hordes follows cheaply from the confidence which each man feels in his comrades. Charles Darwin



The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.

The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.



Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.



To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.

To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.



I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.

I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.



The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.

The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.



The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see.

The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see.



Complaining is like vomiting. You might feel better after you get it out, but you make everybody around you sick.

Complaining is like vomiting. You might feel better after you get it out, but you make everybody around you sick.




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