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Quote by George Santayana
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana

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The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist – although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. – Isabel Allende

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Youth has no age. – Pablo Picasso

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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age. – Mario Andretti

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