Quote by George Santayana
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. - George

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. – George Santayana

Other quotes by George Santayana

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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Change
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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. – George Santayana

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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. – E. M. Forster

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. – Washington Irving

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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. – Philip Massinger

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Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart. – Luigi Pirandello

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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing – and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election. – Olympia Snowe

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The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then youve got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or youve got no money and you can trust anyone, but then youve got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse? – Matt LeBlanc

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Never step over one duty to perform another. – English Proverb

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