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Quote by George Santayana
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. – George Santayana

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That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. – George Santayana

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A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption it is not a symbol, but a fraud. – George Santayana

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The body is the souls poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam. – Robert Herrick

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Time was when I despised the body:
But then I saw the God within.
The Body I relaised is the Lords temple;
And so I began preserving it with care infinite. – Thirumoolar

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If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn, if our nature is always wrong and wicked, how ineffectual we are – like fishes not meant to swim. – Cyril Connolly

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There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man. – Novalis

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