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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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The private lives of the ancients are now the public sport of the moderns. – Ivor Brown

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Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr

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Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man. – Albert Camus

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