Quote by George Santayana
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in h

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. – George Santayana

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Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. – George Santayana

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Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. – George Santayana

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I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. – George Santayana

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Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. – Mark Twain

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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot

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Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. – Robert Ingersoll, Individuality

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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors. – William Faulkner

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