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Quote by George Santayana
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that

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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Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. – George Santayana

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design
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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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Future
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Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution. – Edward Somers

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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target. – Patrick Toche

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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. РAndr̩ Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1925

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I confess, I do not believe in time. – Vladimir Nabokov

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I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting. – William Powell

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Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. – Ronald Reagan

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