The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. – George Santayana
Sanity is a madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled. – George Santayana
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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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By natures kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a mans power to answer do not occur to him at all. – George Santayana
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What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. – Wade Davis
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And I know Im supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books… and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I cant quite muster the guilt anymore. – Julianna Baggott
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