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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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Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. – 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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