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The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

~George Santayana

Topics: Conversation Impulse Primary Satisfy Talk Use

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The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.

~George Santayana

Topics: Destroy Diseases Him Instincts Less Man Natural Preserve Than Which

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Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end.

~George Santayana

Topics: About Emotion End Much Nothing Primarily Remains

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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

~George Santayana

Topics: Fame Form Highest Highest Form Love Vanity

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If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

~George Santayana

Topics: Been Could Cured Long Pain Saved Should Us

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

~George Santayana

Topics: His Man Once Overcome Own Selfish Sense Terror

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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

~George Santayana

Topics: Institution Less Making More Others Rational Suffers

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

~George Santayana

Topics: About Adorn Among Any Away Beautiful Beautiful Things Because Decline Liberty Like Personal Possessions Private Should Sort Take Things Walk Wealth World Would

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

~George Santayana

Topics: Behind Better Children Expected Happier His Hope Least Make Man Many Pathetic Possessions

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The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

~George Santayana

Topics: About Altogether Ape Drunkard Human Irrational Maniac Miser Repulsive See Something Terrible

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Philosopher

Born: December 16th, 1863

Died: September 26th, 1952

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