Quote by George Santayana
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana

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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana

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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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Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

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