Quote by George Santayana
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. – George Santayana

Other quotes by George Santayana

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. – George Santayana

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Conformity
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Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

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Knowledge
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Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator. – George Santayana

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Money
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Patriotism
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The love of one – Pau (Pablo) Casals

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Patriotism

Lets give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. – Richard Dreyfuss

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Patriotism

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. – Albert Einstein, The World As I See It, 1934

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Patriotism

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? – Blaise Pascal, quoted by Tolstoy in Bethink Yourselves

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Patriotism

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Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. – Grace Kelly

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If you try to do your best there is no failure. – Mike Farrell

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Mediocrity is a hand-rail. – Montesquieu, Mes pensées

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Confidence

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. Its made everyone overly opinionated. – Scott Weiland

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