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A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

~George Santayana

Topics: Accepted Been Excited Fugitive Gladly Happiness Human Human Life Imaginative Judgment Life Picture Pleasures Reflection Resides Satisfies String Truly Will

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Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Type: Philosopher

Born: December 16th, 1863

Died: September 26th, 1952

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