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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

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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Fear
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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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Men
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Happiness
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though it were his own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable. – Victoria Woodhull

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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. – Robert Herrick

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Happiness

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. – Francois Fenelon

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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten. – John F. Kennedy

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What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. – Karl Menninger

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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery. – Richard Buckminster Fuller

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My mother had morning sickness after I was born. – Rodney Dangerfield

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