The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence ✨ George S…

George Santayana
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The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence ✨ George Santayana (2012). The Sense of Beauty, p.154, Courier Corporation
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There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.
Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean. ✨ George Santayana (2015). The Life of Reason: Human Understanding, p.69, 谷月社
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.230, Рипол Классик
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. ✨ George Santayana (2015). Character and Opinion in the United States, p.36, Sheba Blake Publishing
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ✨ George Santayana (2015). The Life of Reason: Human Understanding, p.378, 谷月社

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence ✨ George Santayana (2012). The Sense of Beauty, p.154, Courier Corporation

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