Quote by George Santayana
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. - George Santayana

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. – George Santayana

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

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Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another people are friends in spots. – George Santayana

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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. – Josh Billings

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I dont think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. – Carly Fiorina

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles

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My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain – and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain. – Tony Robbins

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