Quote by George Santayana
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality i

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. – George Santayana

Other quotes by George Santayana

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. – George Santayana

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Music
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The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana

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Art
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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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Experience
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Other Quotes from
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So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way. – John Newcombe

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positive

The 80s seem a real positive force. The 70s were deadening, in a lot of ways. – Paul Kantner

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positive

The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon. – John Astin

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positive

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. Its not a dormant. Its not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. – Mos Def

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positive

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For many years I didnt have health insurance. – Chad Harbach

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Health

There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it. – Elizabeth A. Behnke

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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. – William Ellery Channing

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Perfection

Ive decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class – a leader with the courage to do whats right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight. – Tammy Baldwin

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Courage