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Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. ✨ George Santayana (1937). The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word is. Literal and symbolic knowledge. The unknowable
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Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. ✨ George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings, p.321, Indiana Unive … ▶
The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients. ✨ George Santayana The works of George Santayana
To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. ✨ George Santayana (2014). Winds of Doctrine: Studies … ▶
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Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy. ✨ George Santayana (1936). The Philosophy of Santayana

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy. ✨ George Santayana (1937). The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word is. Literal and symbolic knowledge. The unknowable

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