Quote by George Santayana
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least e

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana

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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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It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. – Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. – Democritus

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Ive had some incredible moments in my life – thus far. I hope a lot more are coming. – Dionne Warwick

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One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. – Antonio Porchia

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Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed. – Proverb

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We follow the mystics. They know where they are going. They, too, go astray, but when they go astray they do so in a way that is mystical, dark, and mysterious. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned… – William Butler Yeats, “A Prayer for my Daughter”

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Im coming from a place of total strength and humility now. – Robert Downey, Jr.

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