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Born in December 16, 1863 / Died in September 26, 1952 / Spain / Spanish

Quotes by George Santayana

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.
Depression is rage spread thin.
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Music is essentially useless, as is life.