Quote by George Santayana
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. – George Santayana

Other quotes by George Santayana

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. – George Santayana

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design
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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana

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Age
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Happiness
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. – George Bernard Shaw

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There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. – Freya Stark, The Journey’s Echo

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Happiness

No man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. – William Weld

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