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Quote by George Santayana
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. – George Santayana

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – 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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