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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 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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Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.
Worth
George Santayana

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.
Men and Women
George Santayana

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What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.
Beauty
Sappho

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Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.
Miracles
David Sarnoff

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Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.
Enjoyment
David Sarnoff

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The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.
Apathy
David Sarnoff

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The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.
Mind
David Sarnoff

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Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
Finance
Robert W. Sarnoff

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Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.
Competition
William Saroyan

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The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
Happiness
William Saroyan

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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
Humankind
Nathalie Sarraute

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One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.
Heroes and Heroism
May Sarton

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We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
Risk
May Sarton

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Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
Life and Living
Jean-Paul Sartre

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If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company.
Loneliness
Jean-Paul Sartre

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It is only in our decisions that we are important.
Decisions
Jean-Paul Sartre

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Man is a useless passion.
Humankind
Jean-Paul Sartre

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Three o clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
Time and Time Management
Jean-Paul Sartre

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun