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53 quotes (Page 2 of 3 pages)Oaths are the fossils of piety.
Swearing
George Santayana
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Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Dignity
George Santayana
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Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.
Colleges and Universities
George Santayana
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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.
Dignity
George Santayana
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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.
Prayer
George Santayana
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Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Conscience
George Santayana
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Sanity is a madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
Sanity
George Santayana
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Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.
Skepticism
George Santayana
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Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.
Society
George Santayana
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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
Body
George Santayana
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The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.
Disease
George Santayana
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The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.
Arts and Artists
George Santayana
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The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
Family
George Santayana
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The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
Education
George Santayana
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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
Fame
George Santayana
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The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.
Commitment
George Santayana
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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
Institutions
George Santayana
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The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
Conversation
George Santayana
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The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.
Spirit and Spirituality
George Santayana
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The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine.
Space
George Santayana
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The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
Emotions
George Santayana
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There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.
Sympathy
George Santayana
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There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.
Food and Eating
George Santayana
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Past
George Santayana
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To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.
Words
George Santayana
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun