Quote by George Santayana
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. – George Santayana

Other quotes by George Santayana

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

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It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. – George Santayana

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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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Other Quotes from
Fear
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. – Matthew Henry

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. – Bertrand Russell

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African women in general need to know that its OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. – Wangari Maathai

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Fear

President Obamas 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think its a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and thats a good thing. – Andrea Jung

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Fear

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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. – Dick Gregory

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The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. Were turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information. – Warren Christopher

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If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. – Larry Leissner

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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress. – Harriet Ann Jacobs

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