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Quote by George Santayana
Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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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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Conformity
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George Santayana
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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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Experience
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. – Proverb

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Promises

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs

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Promises

He was ever precise in promise-keeping. – William Shakespeare

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Promises

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill. – Oswald Chambers

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Promises

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Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle. – George Burns

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The Divine does not like to be shut up in a building. The Divine likes to be out in the open. It is right here in this very body. Each one of us is a miniature universe, a living shrine. – Morihei Ueshiba

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[S]leep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. – Thomas Dekker

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The world isnt interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship. – Raul Armesto

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