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5e40414 Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. George Santayana
6396877 The Bible is literature, not dogma. George Santayana
ae9d17d To covet truth is a very distinguished passion. George Santayana
340d4c2 Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand. George Santayana
9a90a38 To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic. George Santayana
81ce187 Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge. George Santayana
96196f2 The pint would call the quart a dualist, if you tried to pour the quart into him. George Santayana
62c0f81 Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understand. The whole world is doing things. George Santayana
55636c1 The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it. George Santayana
3e7452c George Will: Oh yes. George Will
c36d138 England is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, anomalies, hobbies, and humors. George Santayana
b9883cd There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana
67dd79b The living have never shown me how to live. George Santayana
92e4889 Philosophers are as jealous as women. Each wants a monopoly of praise. George Santayana
a8e1d46 The soul, too, has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit. George Santayana
a63795e The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana
6caa4f2 Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. George Santayana
310ced8 Animals are born and bred in litters. Solitude grows blessed and peaceful only in old age. George Santayana
2709b00 Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily. George Santayana
5c812c2 The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity. George Santayana
b8bcd28 science is the most revolutionary force in the world. George Sarton
2bc5862 Arabic science was the fruit of Semitic genius fertilized by the Iranian genius. George Sarton
f20dc99 The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking. George Sarton
7d86913 My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older. George Sarton
07ea8a4 Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
e19f5ad A Husband without Faults is a dangerous Observer. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
5694526 A Princely Mind will undo a private Family. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
d76bb7b Love is a Passion that hath Friends in the Garrison. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
afd4387 A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
803e670 A Prince who will not undergo the Difficulty of Understanding, must undergo the Danger of Trusting. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
0972745 Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
7e7d0e2 If the Laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the Lawyers in the first Place. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
2e0aea0 Men are not hang'd for stealing Horses, but that Horses may not be stolen. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
0b80ade Malice is of a low Stature, but it hath very long Arms. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
1d41b5f Of Malice and Envy. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
1af421f The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
0ecfe39 Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
a5b11a5 It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
4e09326 Malice, like Lust, when it is at the Height, doth not know Shame. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
09fee9f The vanity of teaching often tempteth a Man to forget he is a Blockhead. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
793211e The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
07974c2 Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
6ebe699 A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
3df1cea Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax