George Santayana's Quote - Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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Oaths are the fossils of piety. - George Santayana

Oaths are the fossils of piety. – George Santayana

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Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. – George Santayana

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The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it. – George Santayana

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Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. – George Santayana

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

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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. – Karl Popper

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All promise outruns performance. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As a human being, the best eulogy I can reasonably hope for is “He made his promises sincerely and broke them regretfully.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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